16,000 jobs lost in Q3 of 2018, says Stats SA

The report has cited manufacturing, construction and mining as some of the key contributors, with the electricity industry remaining unchanged.

JOHANNESBURG - Statistics South Africa says the country shed 16,000 jobs in the third quarter of the year.

The body has released the quarterly employment figures.

According to the report, jobs in manufacturing and construction dropped by 0.6% and 0.8% respectively in the third quarter, while mining and trade both shed about 2,000 jobs.

Community services and transport are the least affected industries with a loss of about 1,000 people each.

The business services industry is the only sector to record a slight increase of about 0.1%

While employment quarter-on-quarter dropped slightly and year-on-year employment increased by about 17,000 jobs.

(Edited by Mihlali Ntsabo)