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7 African National Congress1 Democratic Alliance1 Inkatha Freedom Party
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Alan Winde (Democratic Alliance) has been Premier of the Western Cape since 22 May 2019. The unemployment rate stood at 19.5% of the labour force in Q2 2026, unchanged from when Alan Winde took office in May 2019; South Africa's moved +6.0 percentage points over the same months. Among the 9 provinces with a year or more of figures, Western Cape ranks 1st on jobs growth and 4th on the fall in unemployment. On employment rate the two part most: +0.1 percentage points in Western Cape, −3.0 percentage points for South Africa. Under Helen Zille (2009 to 2019) the unemployment rate rose 1.4 percentage points. Population is up 13.3% since day zero (1.6% a year).

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