An independent labour survey released by Adcorp on Monday showed that the rate of rate of employment slowed between May and June 2010 despite the anticipated economic boost of the World Cup. The Adcorp Employment Index shows that the rate of employment fell to a marginal annualised rate of 0.26 percent in June after a steep fall of 6.2 percent the previous month. The South African economy has been struggling to create jobs following an economic recession last year despite positive signs that the economy is rebounding. Last year more than a million jobs were lost and in the third quarter of this year about 171 000 were further shed.