A total of 93 000 jobs – a growth of 1% compared to the same quarter last year - were created in the third quarter, according to the quarterly employment statistics released by Statistics South Africa (StatsSA) on Monday.
Statistician general, Dr Pali Lehohla, presented the third quarter's (Q3) employment statistics today (Monday) at the Statistics South Africa offices in Pretoria.
The community and social services industry grew jobs by 78 000. This is linked to the municipal elections where temporary staff was employed.
The mining industry only contributed 2 000 jobs. "The mining industry has been in the doldrums since 2015, but it is picking up, with 2 000 jobs gained," Lehohla said.
"Manufacturing has shown consistent bleeding of 3 000 jobs. Year-on-year this is a loss of 3000 jobs.”
StatsSA recorded an annual increase of R34bn (6.7%) in earnings to employees. Gross earnings for the quarter were R20bn (3.9% growth).
