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Citizen reporter This brings the total number of persons employed in the formal non-agricultural sector to approximately 9.6 million. Unemployed workers can be seen on a street corner looking for odd jobs in Centurion on 14 July 2020.. Picture: Jacques Nelles
The QES results – which are based on a sample survey – published on Tuesday, showed that the latest figures bring the total number of persons employed in the formal non-agricultural sector to approximately 9.6 million.
However, formal sector jobs decreased by 616,000 in the third quarter, year-on-year according to the report.
Source: Stats SA
According to Stats SA, the increase in employment was due to gains in the trade (31,000), community services (26,000), construction (21,000) and manufacturing industries (8000).
Black Friday taking consumers from bricks to bytes
13 December 2020 7:00 AM
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