{"id":90728,"date":"2025-09-30T15:20:38","date_gmt":"2025-09-30T15:20:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/eighty-thousand-jobs-lost-in-q2-stats-sa"},"modified":"2025-09-30T15:43:35","modified_gmt":"2025-09-30T15:43:35","slug":"eighty-thousand-jobs-lost-in-q2-stats-sa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/eighty-thousand-jobs-lost-in-q2-stats-sa","title":{"rendered":"Eighty Thousand Jobs Lost in Q2 Stats SA"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; South-Africa. <\/strong><\/span>South Africa\u2019s job market took a hit in the second quarter of 2025, with total employment falling by 80,000 jobs, a 0.8% decline from March to June.<\/p>\n<p>The drop, reported by Stats SA, brings the total number of employed individuals down to 10.51-million.<\/p>\n<p>Stats SA released the quarterly employment statistics on Tuesday. The enterprise-based sample survey conducted by StatsSA is drawn from private non-agricultural businesses such as factories, firms, offices and stores, and from national, provincial and local government entities.<\/p>\n<p>According to Stats SA, the decline was driven primarily by job losses in:<\/p>\n<p>community services;<\/p>\n<p>trade;<\/p>\n<p>manufacturing;<\/p>\n<p>construction;<\/p>\n<p>transport; and<\/p>\n<p>business services.<\/p>\n<p>However, an increase was noted in the mining and electricity industries.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe mining industry reported an annual decrease of 6,000 employees, or -1.3% in June 2024, compared with June 2025,\u201d the survey found.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere was a quarterly increase of 2,000 employees, or 0.4%, in June compared to March. This was mainly due to increases in chrome, coal, PGM and gold mining.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe electricity, gas and water supply industry reported an annual increase of 1,000 employees, or 1.6% in June 2025 compared with June 2024. This was mainly due to increases in employment in electricity, gas, steam and water supply.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Total employment decreased by 2.1% year-on-year between June 2024 and June 2025.<\/p>\n<p><b>Full-time employment<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Full-time employment decreased by 0.5% quarter-on-quarter, from 9,457,000 in March to 9,413,000 in June. This was largely due to a decrease in:<\/p>\n<p>community service;<\/p>\n<p>business services;<\/p>\n<p>manufacturing;<\/p>\n<p>construction;<\/p>\n<p>trade; and<\/p>\n<p>transport.<\/p>\n<p>However, there was an increase in the mining industry and the electricity industry showed no change in full-time employment.<\/p>\n<p>Full-time employment decreased by 0.6% year-on-year between June 2024 and June 2025.<\/p>\n<p><b>Part-time employment<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Part-time employment decreased by 36,000. or 3.2%, quarter-on-quarter from 1,132,000 in March to 1,096,000 in June.<\/p>\n<p>According to the findings, this was due to a decrease in the community services industry, trade and manufacturing industry.<\/p>\n<p>However, there was an increase in the business services and electricity industry.<\/p>\n<p>Part-time employment decreased by 174,000 or 13.7% year-on-year between June 2024 and June 2025.<\/p>\n<p><b>Earnings<\/b><\/p>\n<p>The statistics show gross earnings increased by R2.2bn from R984.7bn in March 2025 to R986.8bn in June 2025. The year-on-year gross earnings increased by R32.8bn between June 2024 and June 2025.<\/p>\n<p>Basic salary\/wages increased by R21.7bn or 2.5% from R881.1bn in March 2025 to R902.8bn in June 2025. This was largely due to an increase in:<\/p>\n<p>community services;<\/p>\n<p>business services;<\/p>\n<p>trade;<\/p>\n<p>manufacturing;<\/p>\n<p>construction;<\/p>\n<p>mining;<\/p>\n<p>transport; and<\/p>\n<p>electricity.<\/p>\n<p>The year-on-year basic salary\/wages increased by R31.2 billion or 3.6% between June 2024 and June 2025.<\/p>\n<p>However, the bonus paid to employees decreased by R19.3bn or 25.4% from R75.8bn in March 2025 to R56.6bn in June 2025.<\/p>\n<p>The year-on-year bonus payments increased by R2.8bn or 5.1% between June 2024 and June 2025.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">South-Africa<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; South-Africa. South Africa\u2019s job market took a hit in the second quarter of 2025, with total employment falling by 80,000 jobs, a 0.8% decline from March to June. The drop, reported by Stats SA, brings the total number of employed individuals down to 10.51-million. Stats SA released the quarterly employment statistics on Tuesday. 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