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Princess Faku (African National Congress) has been Executive Mayor of Buffalo City since 23 Mar 2023. The unemployment rate stood at 30.5% of the labour force in Q2 2026, 4.7 percentage points lower than when Princess Faku took office in March 2023; Eastern Cape's moved +5.4 percentage points over the same months. East London ranks 1st of 8 cities on jobs growth; on the employment rate it is 2nd. Over Xola Pakati's tenure, 2016 to 2023, the unemployment rate moved +5.4 percentage points. Princess Faku, in office since March 2023, is the 8th holder of the office since 1991.

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