PHUTI MOSOMANE
THE Quarterly Employment Statistics (QES) released by Statistics South Africa on Tuesday showed that a total of 21 000 or -0,2% of jobs were lost between December 2022 and March 2023.
Statistics released on Monday show there were 9 991 000 jobs in December 2022, and 9 970 000 in March 2023.
StatsSA said the job losses were largely due to decreases in the following industries: trade (-36 000 or -1,6%), business services (-32 000 or -1,4%), transport (-2 000 or -0,5%) and construction (-2 000 or -0,4%).
However, there were increases in the community services (41 000 or 1,5%), mining (5 000 or 1,1%), manufacturing (4 000 or 0,3%) and electricity (1 000 or 1,8%).
Total employment decreased by 97 000 or -1,0% year-on-year between March 2022 and March 2023.
Full-time employment decreased by 63 000 or -0,7 % quarter-on-quarter, from 8 881 000 in December 2022
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