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Employment

2015Q1 2015Q4 2016Q1 Qtr- Yr-on-Yr Qtr- Yr-on-Yr
to-Qtr Change to-Qtr Change
Change Change
Thousands Per cent
Free State 802 825 790 –35 –12 –4.2 –1.5

KwaZulu-Natal 2 546 2 529 2 488 –41 –57 –1.6 –2.2
North West 912 969 924 –46 12 –4.7 1.3

Gauteng 4 911 5 090 4 895 –195 –16 –3.8 –0.3
Mpumalanga 1 154 1 191 1 161 –30 7 –2.6 0.6

Limpopo 1 208 1 311 1 372 62 164 4.7 13.6

Source: StatsSA

The decrease in the level of employment in the Western Cape Province is the lowest
when compared to Gauteng (with a decline of 3.6%) and KZN (with a decline of 1.6%).

Table 13 below shows changes in employment in the Western Cape across sectors.

Table 13 Western Cape Employment by Sector, 2015Q4 – 2016Q1

Qtr-to-Qtr change Yr-on-Yr
2015Q4–2016Q1 2015Q1–2016Q1

Agriculture 14 000 –25 000 PROVINCIAL OUTLOOK NATIONAL OUTLOOK GLOBAL OUTLOOK GAP HOUSING INVESTOR NARRATIVE SPOT THE OPPORTUNITY PORTFOLIO INSIGHTS KHULISA NEWSLETTER ELECTRIC VEHICLES ENERGY SECURITY LOOKING AT GDP
Mining 0 –1 000

Manufacturing –38 000 –21 000
Utilities –5 000 –5 000

Construction –12 000 23 000
Trade –3 000 47 000
Transport –4 000 5 000

Finance & Other Business
Services 11 000 65 000

Community & Social
Services 9 000 –3 000
Private Households 0 6 000

Source: StatsSA

The performance of the agricultural sectors in the province (in terms of employment)
remained positive despite the impact of the drought. The sector created net employment
of 14 000 jobs during the first quarter of 2016. Another sector that created significant
employment was finance, which created net employment of 11 000 jobs during the first
quarter of 2016.

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