EFF vows to shut JSE down

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The screws tightened on President Jacob Zuma yesterday with the release of shocking unemployment figures, a show of force by the EFF and his higher education minister trying desperately to save face over the university fees crisis.

Statistics SA figures showed that unemployment rose to 25.5% in the third quarter of the year from 25% in June.

This amounted to 5.4million people without work, up from 5.23 million in June.

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