QUARTERLY EMPLOYMENT STATISTICS
Media Release                                                                                        12 December 2017 QUARTERLY EMPLOYMENT STATISTICS The results of the Quarterly Employment Survey for the third quarter of 2017 released by Statistics South Africa today, show a decline of 31 000 jobs (or -0.3%) to 9 589 000 in the formal non-agricultural sector in the quarter ended in September 2017. This is a read more »
QUARTERLY EMPLOYMENT STATISTICS
Media Release                                                                                        28 September 2017 The results of the Quarterly Employment Survey for the second quarter of 2017 released by Statistics South Africa today, show a decline of 34 000 jobs (or -0.4%) to 9 617 000 in the formal non-agricultural sector in the quarter ended in June 2017. This is a gain read more »
SA reports 48 000 job losses in first quarter
With South Africa formally in recession and hoping for some good news, the latest employment figures released by Statistics South Africa (Stats SA) holds no reprieve. According to the March 2017 Quarterly Employment Survey (QES), an estimated 9 644 000 persons were employed in the formal non-agricultural sector of the South African economy. This reflected read more »
QUARTERLY EMPLOYMENT STATISTICS
The results of the Quarterly Employment Survey for the first quarter of 2017 released by Statistics South Africa today, show a decline of 48Â 000 jobs (or -0.5%) to 9Â 644Â 000 Â in the formal non-agricultural sector in the quarter ended in March 2017. Â This is a decline of 58Â 000 jobs when compared to the same period last read more »
Mbalo Brief- February 2017
Statistics South Africa (Stats SA) aims to bring more easy to understand statistics to the people of South Africa in 2017 and beyond. This was shown through the commitment by Stats SA to host the first ever United Nations World Data Forum. The forum was held on 15 to 18 January 2017 at the International read more »
SA jobs shrink in Q2
The South African formal sector employment shrank by 67Â 000 jobs in the second quarter of this year. According to the June 2016 Quarterly Employment Statistics (QES) survey released by Statistics South Africa, an estimated 9Â 218Â 000 persons were employed in the formal non-agricultural sector of the South African economy. Quarterly employment losses were observed in all read more »
Mbalo Brief – February 2016
Some parts of South Africa have experienced severe drought due to shortage of rainfall. According to the South African Weather Services (SAWS), the lowest annual total rainfall over the full 112-year period has been the January to December 2015 period. This period recorded an annual total of only 403 millimeters of rainfall. Government declared Mpumalanga, read more »
Rising food prices: where are the most vulnerable?
A growing number of forecasts reveal that food prices might rise sharply in coming months. Survey data show which parts of the country are most vulnerable. Current data point to an agriculture industry that is struggling. During November 2015, in the midst of South Africa’s worst drought in 23 years, Stats SA released gross domestic read more »
SA economy added 7000 formal sector jobs in quarter 3 of 2015
The September 2015 Quarterly Employment Statistics (QES) survey showed that an estimated 8 951 000 persons were employed in the formal non-agricultural sector of the South African economy. This reflected a quarterly increase of 7 000 employees (+0,1%) between June 2015 and September 2015 and an annual increase of 4 000 employees (0,0%) between September read more »
Industry code list
11 Agriculture, hunting and related services 111 Growing of crops; market gardening; horticulture 112 Farming of animals 113 Growing of crops combined with farming of animals (mixed farming) 114 Agricultural and animal husbandry services, except veterinary activities 115 Hunting, trapping and game propagation, including related services 116 Production of organic fertilizer 12 Forestry, logging and read more »