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BL Premium reports that while SA’s total employment has increased on both a quarterly and annual basis, there is concern that full-time jobs have lagged behind part-time employment.
Stats SA announced on Tuesday that employment increased by 42,000 jobs, or 0.4%, from 10,062,000 in December 2021 to 10,104,000 in March 2022, bringing the total number of employed people to about 10.1-million. On an annual basis, employment increased by 200,000, or 2.0%, between March 2021 and March 2022. Stats SA indicated the increase in employment was largely due to increases in the community services, manufacturing and mining sectors. But the data showed that full-time employment continued to lag behind part-time employment, increasing by only 1,000 jobs between December 2021 and March 2022. Full-time employment increased by only 8,000 jobs over the past 12 months, while part-time employment increased by 41,000, or 3.5%, quarter on quarter, from 1,182,000 in December 2021 to 1,223,000 in March 2022. Part-time employment increased by 192,000 year on year between March 2021 and March 2022. However, SA’s employment rate remains below pre-pandemic fourth-quarter 2019 level by almost 288,000, or 2.8%. At 34.5%, SA is still battling one of the most dismal overall unemployment rates in the world.
- Read the full original of the report in the above regard by Thuletho Zwane at BusinessLive (subscriber access only)
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