Employment has decreased by 48 000 jobs to 9.644 million in the formal non-agricultural sector in the first quarter of 2017, compared with the previous quarter of 9.692 million in December 2016. Releasing the Quarterly Employment Statistics (QES) for the first quarter of 2017 in Pretoria on Tuesday, Statistician-General of South Africa, Dr Pali Lehohla, said the main contributors were trade and business services. “Quarterly employment declines were mainly driven by trade and finance and … [Read more...] about Employee Gross Earnings down by R19 Billion

