Dear MyPE Unemployment in the Eastern Cape skyrocketed by 3.8 percentage points, from 28.4% in the fourth quarter of 2016 (October-December) to 32.2% in the first quarter of 2017 (January-March), according to the Quarterly Labour Force Survey released by Statistics South Africa today. This is one of the biggest quarterly increases in unemployment in the province in years, meaning that 110 000 fewer people had work in the first quarter of 2017, totalling 684 000 compared to 574 000 people … [Read more...] about EC job-loss bloodbath
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67 000 job losses recorded in second quarter
There were an estimated 9 218 000 jobs reported in the formal non-agricultural sector in June 2016, reflecting a decrease of 67 000 jobs quarter-on-quarter, Statistics South Africa (Stats SA) said on Friday. Releasing the findings of the Quarterly Employment Statistics (QES) for the second quarter of 2016, Statistician General Pali Lehohla said job losses occurred in all industries, except in electricity and construction. Job losses were seen in community, social and personal services (-48 … [Read more...] about 67 000 job losses recorded in second quarter
