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Dada Morero (African National Congress) has been Executive Mayor of the City of Johannesburg since 16 Aug 2024. The unemployment rate stood at 35.9% of the labour force in Q2 2026, 1.6 percentage points higher than when Dada Morero took office in August 2024, while Gauteng's fell 0.5 percentage points. Johannesburg ranks 5th of 8 cities on jobs growth; on the fall in unemployment it is 7th. On employment rate the two part most: −2.9 percentage points in Johannesburg, −1.4 percentage points for Gauteng. Under Kabelo Gwamanda (2023 to 2024) the employment rate rose 0.2 percentage points.

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