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7 African National Congress1 Democratic Alliance1 Inkatha Freedom Party
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Thami Ntuli (Inkatha Freedom Party) has been Premier of KwaZulu-Natal since 14 Jun 2024. In Q2 2026 the unemployment rate was 32.5% of the labour force, 2.6 percentage points higher than when Thami Ntuli took office in June 2024; South Africa's moved +0.7 percentage points over the same months. KwaZulu-Natal ranks 6th of 9 provinces on population growth; on jobs growth it is 9th. On employment rate the two part most: −3.2 percentage points in KwaZulu-Natal, −1.1 percentage points for South Africa. Over Nomusa Dube-Ncube's tenure, 2022 to 2024, the unemployment rate moved −2.8 percentage points. Inflation is 4.0% on a year earlier (Sep 2026), 1.1 percentage points below its level at day zero.

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