PHUTI MOSOMANE
STATS SA says total employment increased by 48 000 or 0,5% quarter-on-quarter, from 9 920 000 in September 2022 to 9 968 000 in December 2022.
It says this was largely due to increases in the following industries: trade (49 000 or 2,3%), business services (9 000 or 0,4%) and mining (2 000 or 0,4%). The transport and community services industries reported no quarterly change.
However, there were decreases in the following industries: construction (-10 000 or -1,9%), manufacturing (-1 000 or -0,1%) and electricity (-1 000 or -1,7%).
Full-time employment increased by 6 000 or 0,1% quarter-on-quarter, from 8 865 000 in September 2022 to 8 871 000 in December 2022. This was largely due to increases in the following industries: trade (26 000 or 1,4%), mining (2 000 or 0,4%), transport (1 000 or 0,3%) and business services (1 000 or 0,0).
The manufacturing industry reported
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