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  1. 12-30-2012 #1
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    Default South Africa: 7 die during fitness tests

    South Africa's official statistics show that the unemployment rate is 25 percent, an indication why so many were applying for the 90 jobs.
    http://news.yahoo.com/south-africa-7...120412500.html

    Several tens of thousand took the test for 90 job openings??????????????madness.
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    34 000 Applicants and 15 600 attended the fitness test. Some sources say one death was a suicide.


    1 Died after this article was published: http://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/Ne...-test-20121229
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    What a shitty reason to die for.
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    ^^^ I think people are just that desperate nowadays for any kind of employment.
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