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Fin24 reports that employment figures dropped by 0.7%, or by 67,000 jobs, in the second quarter of 2016, according to the latest quarterly employment statistics.
Statistician-general Pali Lehohla indicated on Friday that all industries, except electricity and construction, shed jobs. However, on a year-on-year basis, there was an increase of 30,000 jobs. Job losses were recorded in social and personal services; manufacturing; trade; transport and communications; finance and business services; and mining and quarrying. One thousand jobs, or a 0.2% increase, was reported in the construction industry, while figures remained unchanged in the electricity sector.
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