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7 African National Congress1 Democratic Alliance1 Inkatha Freedom Party
Sources: Statistics South Africa (Quarterly Labour Force Survey, consumer price index, mid-year population estimates, Quarterly Employment Statistics; GDP and the national CPI via the IMF), South African Reserve Bank, BIS, World Bank, Natural Earth, World Bank (Worldwide Governance Indicators), V-Dem Institute, Transparency International, World Happiness Report, Wikidata, Wikimedia Commons. CreditsPrivacy

Lazarus Mokgosi (African National Congress) has been Premier of North West since 14 Jun 2024. The unemployment rate stood at 38.1% of the labour force in Q2 2026, 2.4 percentage points lower than when Lazarus Mokgosi took office in June 2024, while South Africa's rose 0.7 percentage points. On the fall in unemployment North West is 1st of the 9 provinces, on jobs growth 8th. Inflation moved −1.0 percentage point in North West against −0.7 percentage points for South Africa. Under Bushy Maape (2021 to 2024) inflation fell 0.6 percentage points. Since day zero population rose 1.4% a year, 4.4% in all.

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