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Statistical release
P0271

Labour statistics:
Survey of Total Employment and Earnings

March 1999
Embargo: 13:00
Date: 29 June 1999

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Dr F M Orkin
Head: Statistics South Africa


Contents

Editorial

 

 

Tables

1

2

2.1

2.2

2.3

3

4

5

6

7

7.1

7.2

7.3

8

9

9.1

9.2

9.3

9.3.1

9.3.2

9.3.3

9.3.4

9.3.5

10

11

11.1

11.2

 

Notes …………………………………………………………………….………..…

 

Number of employees (salary and wage earners), gross salaries and wages:

Total …………………………………………………………………………………

Mining and quarrying:

Total …………………………………………………………………………………

Gold ……………………………………………………………………………….…

Non-gold ……………………………………………………………………………..

Manufacturing ……………………………………………………………………….

Electricity ……………………………………………………………………………

Construction …………………………………………………………………………

Wholesale, retail and motor trade and catering and accommodation services ………

Transport, storage and communication:

Total …………………………………………………………………………………

Governmental institutions …………………………………………………………...

Non-governmental institutions ………………………………………………………

Financial institutions …………………………………………………………….…..

Community, social and personal services:

Total government sector and laundries and dry-cleaning …………………………..

Total government sector (excluding laundries and dry-cleaning services) …………

Government sector:

National departments ………………………………………………………………..

Provinces ………………………………………………………………………….…

Local governments …………………………………………………………………..

Other government institutions ……………………………………………………….

Laundries and dry-cleaning services ………………………………………………...

Number of employees and gross salaries and wages according to major

groups of manufacturing and construction …………………………………………..

Labour turnover:

Percentage of employees appointed during the quarter ……………………………..

Percentage of employees who left during the quarter ……………………………….

Additional information

Explanatory notes ……………………………………………………………..……

Technical notes ……………………………………………………………………..

Glossary …………………………………………………………………………….

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Key figures for the quarter ended March 1999

 

 

 

Estimates

 

March
1999

% change
December 1998
to
March
1999

% change
March
1998
to
March
1999

Total number of employees (salary and wage earners)

Total gross salaries and wages (R’000)


4 895 686


65 883 560


0,0


-9,7


-0,9


6,2

Total employment in the formal non-agricultural business industries remained virtually unchanged at March 1999.

According to the March 1999 Survey of Total Employment and Earnings (STEE), a total of 4 895 686 people were employed in the formal non-agricultural business industries at the end of March 1999. This reflects a quarterly decrease of 0,04% or 2 119 employees between December 1998 and March 1999 and an annual decrease of 0,9% or 42 032 employees compared with March 1998.  

Figure 2 indicates the distribution of formal employment according to industry at March 1999. The community, social and personal services industry was the largest contributor (31,9%) to total formal employment in March 1999, followed by the manufacturing industry with a contribution of 27,3%, the wholesale, retail, motor trade and hotels industry with a contribution of 17,4%, the mining and quarrying industry with a contribution of 8,2%, the construction industry with a contribution of 5,1%, the transport industry with a contribution of 5,0%, the financial industry with a contribution of 4,3% and the electricity industry with a contribution of 0,8%.

The quarterly decrease in formal non-agricultural employment from December 1998 to March 1999 was not uniform across all industries. In some industries there was a gain in employment, while in others jobs were lost. The quarterly change in employment was mainly due to quarterly decreases reflected by five of the eight industries, namely the construction industry (-2,5% or 6 407 employees), the financial industry which includes banking institutions, building societies and insurance companies (-2,1% or 4 416 employees), the transport, storage and communication industry (-1,2% or 2 910 employees), the manufacturing industry (-0,6% or 7 628 employees) and the electricity industry (-0,6% or 234 employees). These industries accounted for 42,4% of all jobs in March 1999.

These decreases were mainly counteracted by quarterly increases in the wholesale, retail, motor trade and hotels industry (+2,3% or 19 051 employees) and the mining and quarrying industry (+0,1% or 362 employees). The community, social and personal services industry, which includes laundries and dry-cleaning services remained virtually unchanged (+ 63 employees). These industries accounted for 57,6% of all jobs in March 1999.

Total gross salaries and wages paid to employees during the first quarter of 1999 reflected a quarterly decrease of 9,7% compared with the fourth quarter of 1998 and an annual increase of 6,2% compared with the first quarter of 1998.

Total salaries and wages paid to employees during the first quarter of 1999 reflected a quarterly decrease of 9,7% or R 7,037 million. This decrease was mainly due to bonuses and overtime paid at the end of December 1998 by most of the industries (except for the national departments and provinces included in the community, social and personal services industry). Total quarterly gross salaries and wages paid to employees during the quarter ended March 1999 (January to March 1999), amounted to R 65,884 million. This reflected an annual increase of 6,2% when compared with the quarter ended March 1998 (January to March 1998).

Notes

Forthcoming issues

 

 

 

 

Purpose of the survey

 

 

 

 

 

New questionnaire

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

New sample

 

 

 

Issue Expected release date

June 1999 28 September 1999

September 1999 28 December 1999

The Survey of Total Employment and Earnings (STEE) is a countrywide survey covering a sample of private and public businesses/organisations in the formal non-agricultural industries of the South African economy. The information received is used to estimate key economic statistics on employment and gross salaries and wages, mainly used as input to the gross domestic product.

Prior to 1998 Stats SA conducted 17 discrete monthly or quarterly business/organisation surveys. In order to improve coverage and reliability, lessen the respondent burden and fulfil the International Monetary Fund’s (IMF) Special Data Dissemination Standards (SDDS) regarding timeliness and data quality, to which South Africa subscribes, Stats SA has overhauled and redesigned its suite of 17 Labour surveys, with the assistance of the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS). These surveys have been replaced with two new complementary country wide surveys.

The Survey of Total Employment and Earnings (STEE) is a quarterly sample survey. Information is collected in March, June, September and December of each year. The survey collects and provides information on current indicators of employment and the contribution of salaries and wages to the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) needed for compiling the National Accounts for South Africa and is required to meet the international reporting obligations, particularly regarding the IMF’s SDDS. The STEE was piloted in the third quarter of 1997 and is in operation as from the first quarter of 1998. This survey collects 24 data items which includes -

  • number of employees who received pay for any part of the last pay period ending on or before the end of the reference quarter (total, full-time and part-time employees);
  • number of employees who commenced working for the business/organisation during the reference quarter;
  • number of employees who left the business/organisation during the reference quarter;
  • total gross salaries and wages paid for all payrolls for the reference quarter; and
  • total severance, termination and redundancy payments paid during the reference quarter.

The Survey of Average Monthly Earnings (AME) is a quarterly sample survey and will collect information in February, May, August and November of each year. This survey will serve as a vehicle for monitoring current indicators of the South African economy. The output from this collection will be important for economists as well as policy-makers. The AME, piloted in 1998 and in operation from February 1999, will collect the following information -

  • total number of employees by occupational group who received pay for any part of the last pay period ending on or before the last day of the reference month;
  • total, full-time and part-time employees who received pay for any part of the last pay period ending on or before the last day of the reference month;
  • total ordinary-time paid for by occupational group during the reference month;
  • total ordinary-time hours paid for by full-time and part-time employees during the reference month;
  • total overtime hours paid for by full-time and part-time employees during the reference month;
  • basic salaries and wages by occupational group paid for the reference month;
  • total basic salaries and wages paid to total, full-time and part-time employees for the reference month;
  • total performance and other bonuses paid to total, full-time and part-time employees for the reference month;
  • total overtime paid to total, full-time and part-time employees for the reference; and
  • total number of vacancies as at the end of the reference month.

Prior to 1998, the monthly Manufacturing, Construction and Electricity surveys collected and provided current indicators on employment and the contribution of wages and salaries for compiling the National Accounts of South Africa. Information on hours worked and labour turnover was also collected. Each of these surveys had 132 data items. A stratified systematic sample design was used to collect the necessary information. All large businesses/organisations were completely enumerated and systematic samples were drawn from medium and small businesses/organisations. The basis for the selection of the sample was the number of employees. Data items collected through the questionnaire included -

  • number of employees on the last pay day of the month (weekly and monthly paid employees by population group);
  • number of discharges during the month;
  • number of resignations during the month;
  • number of employees appointed during the month (weekly and monthly paid employees by population group);
  • total gross salaries and wages for the month;
  • overtime wages;
  • bonuses paid for the month;
  • total actual hours worked; and
  • staff shortages.

Information regarding Wholesale trade, Retail trade, Motor trade, Hotels, Banking Institutions, Building Societies, Insurance Companies, National Departments, Provincial Administrations, Local Governments, Universities and Technikons, Agricultural Marketing Boards, Parastatal Institutions and Public Corporations were collected through quarterly surveys. Each of these surveys collected 43 data items, except Local Governments which collected 118 data items.

Wholesale trade, Retail trade, Motor trade, Hotels and Local Government surveys were sample surveys. All other quarterly surveys were completely enumerated surveys. A stratified systematic sample design was used for the selection of the samples. The basis for the selection of the sample was turnover for Wholesale trade, Retail trade and Motor trade, number of rooms for Hotels and number of employees for Local Governments. Data items collected through the questionnaire included -

  • number of employees on the last pay day of the quarter (full-time and part-time employees);
  • total gross salaries and wages for the quarter (full-time and part-time employees);
  • overtime wages;
  • bonuses paid for the quarter;
  • total actual hours worked; and
  • total number of vacancies.

According to international best practice and in order to train the relevant respondents in using the new questionnaire, validate the information received and avoid a break in the time series published in this statistical release, Stats SA decided to introduce the new questionnaire as the first step in the re-engineering process. Stats SA will in due course, as the second step, introduce the new sample.

Currently Stats SA is busy re-engineering the register of businesses which serves as the sampling frame, in collaboration with the South African Revenue Service and the Departments of Trade and Industry and Labour. The process will take some time, since there are hundreds of thousands of businesses, many of them in any period changing ownership, closing, or being registered. As soon as this improvement of businesses has been implemented, Stats SA will draw a new sample. Meanwhile Stats SA is also busy benchmarking the labour series based on the latest results of various periodic sectoral economic censuses. Stats SA will endeavour to include new economic activities such as cellular telephone networks, internet service providers and satellite TV as soon as these additional sources of information become available.

 Methodological note

This statistical release contains a summary of the labour series maintained by Stats SA regarding the formal non-agricultural business industries according to major industrial divisions. It should be noted that the information regarding "other governmental institutions" differs from the information published in the March 1998 publication. Previously, only the larger public corporations were classified according to their major activity and were therefore included in the relevant industries such as electricity, transport and manufacturing. Stats SA has now also reclassified the small public corporations which were previously included under "other governmental institutions", according to their major activity. The main activity of these public corporations is largely manufacturing. The relevant time series were adjusted accordingly.

As from March 1998, Stats SA implemented a complete new data capturing, processing and analysis system for STEE, which was developed in the client server environment.

In order to check the reliability of the statistics, Stats SA did an intensive investigation regarding the employment and salary and wages information published for all the major industries from December 1997 to September 1998. From this investigation it emerged that previously there had been included a levelling factor for benchmarking purposes for the wholesale, retail and motor trade industry, which was not initially applied in the new processing system. The reason for this factor is the unavailability of a sectoral census for this industry for benchmarking purposes. Such a factor for the other industries, for which recent sectoral censuses were available for benchmarking, was not necessary. Initially the impact of not including this levelling factor for this one industry in the new processing system was cancelled by casual workers leaving this industry after the Christmas 1997 period, and by some respondents having furnished Stats SA with incorrect figures. Therefore, the exclusion of this levelling factor was not immediately evident. Following its re-insertion, the figures for March, June and September 1998 have been revised accordingly and published for the first time in the December 1998 publication.

Tables A and B indicate the differences in the total employment and salaries and wages figures for the formal non-agricultural business industries as published in the September 1998 and December 1998 publications.

Table A – The total number of employees in the formal non-agricultural business industries for 1998 according to the September 1998 and December 1998 STEE publications

 

Quarter of 1998

Previous figures as published in

September 1998

December 1998

Difference in number of employees

 

 

Number

% change from prece-

ding quarter

Number

% change from prece-

ding quarter

 

March

4 855 443

-4,6

4 946 064

-2,8

90 621

June

4 836 785

-0,4

4 935 230

-0,2

98 445

Sep

4 828 136

-0,2

4 922 048

-0,3

93 912

Dec

-

-

4 904 029

-0,4

-

 

Table B – The total gross salaries and wages in the formal non-agricultural business industries for 1998 according to the September 1998 and December 1998 STEE publications

 

 

 

Quarter of 1998

Previous figures as published in

September 1998

December 1998

 

Difference in salaries and wages

(R’000)

 

 

(R’000)

% change from prece-

ding quarter

(R’000)

% change from prece-

ding quarter

 

March

61 369 827

-3,5

62 028 936

-2,5

659 109

June

64 643 642

+5,3

65 516 202

+5,6

872 560

Sep

63 958 430

-1,1

65 326 032

-0,3

1 367 602

Dec

-

-

72 945 239

+11,7

-

When wholesale, retail and motor trade are separated from hotels, with which they were classified in figure 2, they account for 16,2% of formal non-agricultural employment.

Tables C and D indicate the differences in the employment and salaries and wages figures for the wholesale, retail and motor trade industry as published in the September 1998 STEE publication on 19 January 1999 and the adjusted figures in the current (December 1998) STEE publication.

Table C – The number of employees in the wholesale, retail and motor trade industry for 1998 according to the September 1998 and December 1998 STEE publications

 

 

Quarter of 1998

Previous figures as published in

September 1998

December 1998

Difference in number of employees

 

 

Number

% change from prece-

ding quarter

Number

% change from prece-

ding quarter

 

March

668 638

-14,9

787 941

+0,3

119 303

June

675 918

+1,1

803 414

+2,0

127 496

Sep

680 267

+0,6

799 884

-0,4

119 617

Dec

-

-

837 908

+4,8

-

 Table D –The gross salaries and wages in the wholesale, retail and motor trade industry for 1998 according to the September 1998 and December 1998 STEE publications

 

 

Quarter of 1998

Previous figures as published in

September 1998

December 1998

 

Difference in salaries and wages

(R’000)

 

 

(R’000)

% change from prece-

ding quarter

(R’000)

% change from prece-

ding quarter

 

March

6 093 328

-18,4

7 031 219

-5,8

937 891

June

6 031 213

-1,0

7 024 137

-0,1

992 924

Sep

6 420 930

+6,5

7 543 919

+7,4

1 122 989

Dec

-

-

8 892 120

+17,9

-

 

Stats SA would like to apologise for any inconvenience caused by the temporary omission of the levelling factor.

 1    Total
 1.1  Number of employees (salary and wage earners)
 _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________
 |                 |                                                     |                 |                 |
 |                 |                                                     |    Percentage   |   Percentage    |
 |                 |                                                     |      change     |   change from   |
 |                 |                       Actual                        |  from preceding |  corresponding  |
 |    Year and     |                                                     |     quarter     |    quarter of   |
 |    quarter      |                                                     |                 |  previous year  |
 |                 |_____________________________________________________|_________________|_________________|
 |                 |                 |                 |                 |                 |                 |
 |                 |    Full-time    |    Part-time    |      Total      |      Total      |      Total      |
 |                 |                 |                 |                 |                 |                 |
 |_________________|_________________|_________________|_________________|_________________|_________________|
 |  1996    Jun    |           ..    |           ..    |    5 238 572    |       -0,0      |       +1,9      |
 |          Sep    |           ..    |           ..    |    5 241 852    |       +0,1      |       +2,2      |
 |          Dec    |           ..    |           ..    |    5 224 987    |       -0,3      |       +0,7      |
 |  1997    Mar    |           ..    |           ..    |    5 189 178    |       -0,7      |       -0,9      |
 |          Jun    |           ..    |           ..    |    5 161 285    |       -0,5      |       -1,5      |
 |          Sep    |           ..    |           ..    |    5 139 321    |       -0,4      |       -2,0      |
 |          Dec    |           ..    |           ..    |    5 090 551    |       -0,9      |       -2,6      |
 |  1998    Mar    |    4 718 258    |      219 460    |    4 937 718    |       -3,0      |       -4,8      |
 |          Jun    |    4 620 084    |      301 945    |    4 922 029    |       -0,3      |       -4,6      |
 |          Sep    |    4 584 328    |      326 820    |    4 911 148    |       -0,2      |       -4,4      |
 |          Dec    |    4 529 249    |      368 556    |    4 897 805    |       -0,3      |       -3,8      |
 |  1999    Mar    |    4 507 981    |      387 705    |    4 895 686    |       -0,0      |       -0,9      |
 _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________
 Note: As from March 1998, Full-time and Part-time employees are published separately.
 1.2  Gross salaries and wages
 _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________
 |                 |                                                     |                 |                 |
 |                 |                                                     |   Severance,    |                 |
 |                 |     Gross salaries and wages, except severance,     |  termination    |                 |
 |                 |         termination and redundancy payments         | and redundancy  |      Total      |
 |                 |                                                     |    payments     |                 |
 |                 |                       (R'000)                       |    (R'000)      |     (R'000)     |
 |    Year and     |_____________________________________________________|_________________|_________________|
 |    quarter      |                 |                 |                 |                 |                 |
 |                 |                 |    Percentage   |   Percentage    |                 |                 |
 |                 |      Actual     |      change     |   change from   |     Actual      |      Actual     |
 |                 |                 |  from preceding |  corresponding  |                 |                 |
 |                 |       (1)       |     quarter     |    quarter of   |      (2)        |      (1+2)      |
 |                 |                 |                 |  previous year  |                 |                 |
 |_________________|_________________|_________________|_________________|_________________|_________________|
 |  1996    Jun    |     53 017 455  |       +4,3      |      +11,9      |             ..  |             ..  |
 |          Sep    |     55 605 099  |       +4,9      |      +11,9      |             ..  |             ..  |
 |          Dec    |     61 142 962  |      +10,0      |      +11,9      |             ..  |             ..  |
 |  1997    Mar    |     56 929 413  |       -6,9      |      +12,0      |             ..  |             ..  |
 |          Jun    |     59 159 706  |       +3,9      |      +11,6      |             ..  |             ..  |
 |          Sep    |     60 302 876  |       +1,9      |       +8,4      |             ..  |             ..  |
 |          Dec    |     63 586 892  |       +5,4      |       +4,0      |             ..  |             ..  |
 |  1998    Mar    |     62 008 629  |       -2,5      |       +8,9      |        483 365  |     62 491 994  |
 |          Jun    |     65 443 966  |       +5,5      |      +10,6      |        751 500  |     66 195 466  |
 |          Sep    |     65 297 108  |       -0,2      |       +8,3      |        750 012  |     66 047 120  |
 |          Dec    |     72 920 461  |      +11,7      |      +14,7      |        886 402  |     73 806 863  |
 |  1999    Mar    |     65 883 560  |       -9,7      |       +6,2      |        921 398  |     66 804 958  |
 _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________
 Note: As from March 1998, severance, termination and redundancy payments are published.

 
 2      Mining and quarrying
 2.1    Total
 2.1.1  Number of employees (salary and wage earners)
 _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________
 |                 |                                                     |                 |                 |
 |                 |                                                     |    Percentage   |   Percentage    |
 |                 |                                                     |      change     |   change from   |
 |                 |                       Actual                        |  from preceding |  corresponding  |
 |    Year and     |                                                     |     quarter     |    quarter of   |
 |    quarter      |                                                     |                 |  previous year  |
 |                 |_____________________________________________________|_________________|_________________|
 |                 |                 |                 |                 |                 |                 |
 |                 |    Full-time    |    Part-time    |      Total      |      Total      |      Total      |
 |                 |                 |                 |                 |                 |                 |
 |_________________|_________________|_________________|_________________|_________________|_________________|
 |  1996    Jun    |           ..    |           ..    |      563 396    |       -1,0      |       -6,1      |
 |          Sep    |           ..    |           ..    |      570 923    |       +1,3      |       -3,8      |
 |          Dec    |           ..    |           ..    |      562 480    |       -1,5      |       -3,5      |
 |  1997    Mar    |           ..    |           ..    |      559 974    |       -0,4      |       -1,6      |
 |          Jun    |           ..    |           ..    |      558 256    |       -0,3      |       -0,9      |
 |          Sep    |           ..    |           ..    |      547 076    |       -2,0      |       -4,2      |
 |          Dec    |           ..    |           ..    |      524 244    |       -4,2      |       -6,8      |
 |  1998    Mar    |      434 148    |            0    |      434 148    |      -17,2      |      -22,5      |
 |          Jun    |      421 006    |            0    |      421 006    |       -3,0      |      -24,6      |
 |          Sep    |      413 700    |            0    |      413 700    |       -1,7      |      -24,4      |
 |          Dec    |      402 397    |            0    |      402 397    |       -2,7      |      -23,2      |
 |  1999    Mar    |      402 759    |            0    |      402 759    |       +0,1      |       -7,2      |
 _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________
 Note: As from March 1998, Full-time and Part-time employees are published separately.
 Note: Figures for the latest quarter are preliminary.
 Source: The Mineral Bureau, Department of Minerals and Energy.
 2.1.2  Gross salaries and wages
 _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________
 |                 |                                                     |                 |                 |
 |                 |                                                     |   Severance,    |                 |
 |                 |     Gross salaries and wages, except severance,     |  termination    |                 |
 |                 |         termination and redundancy payments         | and redundancy  |      Total      |
 |                 |                                                     |    payments     |                 |
 |                 |                       (R'000)                       |    (R'000)      |     (R'000)     |
 |    Year and     |_____________________________________________________|_________________|_________________|
 |    quarter      |                 |                 |                 |                 |                 |
 |                 |                 |    Percentage   |   Percentage    |                 |                 |
 |                 |      Actual     |      change     |   change from   |     Actual      |      Actual     |
 |                 |                 |  from preceding |  corresponding  |                 |                 |
 |                 |       (1)       |     quarter     |    quarter of   |      (2)        |      (1+2)      |
 |                 |                 |                 |  previous year  |                 |                 |
 |_________________|_________________|_________________|_________________|_________________|_________________|
 |  1996    Jun    |      3 977 903  |       -2,0      |       +9,8      |             ..  |             ..  |
 |          Sep    |      4 204 442  |       +5,7      |       +8,2      |             ..  |             ..  |
 |          Dec    |      4 458 518  |       +6,0      |       +7,4      |             ..  |             ..  |
 |  1997    Mar    |      4 360 918  |       -2,2      |       +7,4      |             ..  |             ..  |
 |          Jun    |      4 425 977  |       +1,5      |      +11,3      |             ..  |             ..  |
 |          Sep    |      4 766 282  |       +7,7      |      +13,4      |             ..  |             ..  |
 |          Dec    |      5 069 561  |       +6,4      |      +13,7      |             ..  |             ..  |
 |  1998    Mar    |      4 756 527  |       -6,2      |       +9,1      |              0  |      4 756 527  |
 |          Jun    |      4 463 546  |       -6,2      |       +0,8      |              0  |      4 463 546  |
 |          Sep    |      4 524 454  |       +1,4      |       -5,1      |              0  |      4 524 454  |
 |          Dec    |      4 700 265  |       +3,9      |       -7,3      |              0  |      4 700 265  |
 |  1999    Mar    |      4 640 349  |       -1,3      |       -2,4      |              0  |      4 640 349  |
 _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________
 Note: As from March 1998, severance, termination and redundancy payments are published.
 Note: Figures for the latest quarter are preliminary.
 Source: The Mineral Bureau, Department of Minerals and Energy.

 
 2      Mining and quarrying
 2.2    Gold
 2.2.1  Number of employees (salary and wage earners)
 _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________
 |                 |                                                     |                 |                 |
 |                 |                                                     |    Percentage   |   Percentage    |
 |                 |                                                     |      change     |   change from   |
 |                 |                       Actual                        |  from preceding |  corresponding  |
 |    Year and     |                                                     |     quarter     |    quarter of   |
 |    quarter      |                                                     |                 |  previous year  |
 |                 |_____________________________________________________|_________________|_________________|
 |                 |                 |                 |                 |                 |                 |
 |                 |    Full-time    |    Part-time    |      Total      |      Total      |      Total      |
 |                 |                 |                 |                 |                 |                 |
 |_________________|_________________|_________________|_________________|_________________|_________________|
 |  1996    Jun    |           ..    |           ..    |      345 902    |       -1,2      |      -10,5      |
 |          Sep    |           ..    |           ..    |      354 413    |       +2,5      |       -6,0      |
 |          Dec    |           ..    |           ..    |      344 044    |       -2,9      |       -6,3      |
 |  1997    Mar    |           ..    |           ..    |      347 350    |       +1,0      |       -0,8      |
 |          Jun    |           ..    |           ..    |      345 927    |       -0,4      |       -0,0      |
 |          Sep    |           ..    |           ..    |      334 793    |       -3,2      |       -5,5      |
 |          Dec    |           ..    |           ..    |      317 105    |       -5,3      |       -7,8      |
 |  1998    Mar    |      242 603    |            0    |      242 603    |      -23,5      |      -30,2      |
 |          Jun    |      230 675    |            0    |      230 675    |       -4,9      |      -33,3      |
 |          Sep    |      224 238    |            0    |      224 238    |       -2,8      |      -33,0      |
 |          Dec    |      218 804    |            0    |      218 804    |       -2,4      |      -31,0      |
 |  1999    Mar    |      210 355    |            0    |      210 355    |       -3,9      |      -13,3      |
 _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________
 Note: As from March 1998, Full-time and Part-time employees are published separately.
 Note: Figures for the latest quarter are preliminary.
 Source: The Mineral Bureau, Department of Minerals and Energy.
 2.2.2  Gross salaries and wages
 _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________
 |                 |                                                     |                 |                 |
 |                 |                                                     |   Severance,    |                 |
 |                 |     Gross salaries and wages, except severance,     |  termination    |                 |
 |                 |         termination and redundancy payments         | and redundancy  |      Total      |
 |                 |                                                     |    payments     |                 |
 |                 |                       (R'000)                       |    (R'000)      |     (R'000)     |
 |    Year and     |_____________________________________________________|_________________|_________________|
 |    quarter      |                 |                 |                 |                 |                 |
 |                 |                 |    Percentage   |   Percentage    |                 |                 |
 |                 |      Actual     |      change     |   change from   |     Actual      |      Actual     |
 |                 |                 |  from preceding |  corresponding  |                 |                 |
 |                 |       (1)       |     quarter     |    quarter of   |      (2)        |      (1+2)      |
 |                 |                 |                 |  previous year  |                 |                 |
 |_________________|_________________|_________________|_________________|_________________|_________________|
 |  1996    Jun    |      2 086 700  |       -3,8      |       +4,5      |             ..  |             ..  |
 |          Sep    |      2 192 055  |       +5,0      |       +4,5      |             ..  |             ..  |
 |          Dec    |      2 326 740  |       +6,1      |       +3,8      |             ..  |             ..  |
 |  1997    Mar    |      2 227 631  |       -4,3      |       +2,7      |             ..  |             ..  |
 |          Jun    |      2 300 783  |       +3,3      |      +10,3      |             ..  |             ..  |
 |          Sep    |      2 452 589  |       +6,6      |      +11,9      |             ..  |             ..  |
 |          Dec    |      2 651 896  |       +8,1      |      +14,0      |             ..  |             ..  |
 |  1998    Mar    |      2 451 533  |       -7,6      |      +10,1      |              0  |      2 451 533  |
 |          Jun    |      2 160 326  |      -11,9      |       -6,1      |              0  |      2 160 326  |
 |          Sep    |      2 113 486  |       -2,2      |      -13,8      |              0  |      2 113 486  |
 |          Dec    |      2 175 667  |       +2,9      |      -18,0      |              0  |      2 175 667  |
 |  1999    Mar    |      2 081 458  |       -4,3      |      -15,1      |              0  |      2 081 458  |
 _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________
 Note: As from March 1998, severance, termination and redundancy payments are published.
 Note: Figures for the latest quarter are preliminary.
 Source: The Mineral Bureau, Department of Minerals and Energy.
 2      Mining and quarrying
 2.3    Non-gold
 2.3.1  Number of employees (salary and wage earners)
 _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________
 |                 |                                                     |                 |                 |
 |                 |                                                     |    Percentage   |   Percentage    |
 |                 |                                                     |      change     |   change from   |
 |                 |                       Actual                        |  from preceding |  corresponding  |
 |    Year and     |                                                     |     quarter     |    quarter of   |
 |    quarter      |                                                     |                 |  previous year  |
 |                 |_____________________________________________________|_________________|_________________|
 |                 |                 |                 |                 |                 |                 |
 |                 |    Full-time    |    Part-time    |      Total      |      Total      |      Total      |
 |                 |                 |                 |                 |                 |                 |
 |_________________|_________________|_________________|_________________|_________________|_________________|
 |  1996    Jun    |           ..    |           ..    |      217 494    |       -0,6      |       +1,9      |
 |          Sep    |           ..    |           ..    |      216 510    |       -0,5      |       -0,0      |
 |          Dec    |           ..    |           ..    |      218 436    |       +0,9      |       +1,3      |
 |  1997    Mar    |           ..    |           ..    |      212 624    |       -2,7      |       -2,8      |
 |          Jun    |           ..    |           ..    |      212 329    |       -0,1      |       -2,4      |
 |          Sep    |           ..    |           ..    |      212 283    |       -0,0      |       -2,0      |
 |          Dec    |           ..    |           ..    |      207 139    |       -2,4      |       -5,2      |
 |  1998    Mar    |      191 545    |            0    |      191 545    |       -7,5      |       -9,9      |
 |          Jun    |      190 331    |            0    |      190 331    |       -0,6      |      -10,4      |
 |          Sep    |      189 462    |            0    |      189 462    |       -0,5      |      -10,8      |
 |          Dec    |      183 593    |            0    |      183 593    |       -3,1      |      -11,4      |
 |  1999    Mar    |      192 404    |            0    |      192 404    |       +4,8      |       +0,4      |
 _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________
 Note: As from March 1998, Full-time and Part-time employees are published separately.
 Note: Figures for the latest quarter are preliminary.
 Source: The Mineral Bureau, Department of Minerals and Energy.
 2.3.2  Gross salaries and wages
 _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________
 |                 |                                                     |                 |                 |
 |                 |                                                     |   Severance,    |                 |
 |                 |     Gross salaries and wages, except severance,     |  termination    |                 |
 |                 |         termination and redundancy payments         | and redundancy  |      Total      |
 |                 |                                                     |    payments     |                 |
 |                 |                       (R'000)                       |    (R'000)      |     (R'000)     |
 |    Year and     |_____________________________________________________|_________________|_________________|
 |    quarter      |                 |                 |                 |                 |                 |
 |                 |                 |    Percentage   |   Percentage    |                 |                 |
 |                 |      Actual     |      change     |   change from   |     Actual      |      Actual     |
 |                 |                 |  from preceding |  corresponding  |                 |                 |
 |                 |       (1)       |     quarter     |    quarter of   |      (2)        |      (1+2)      |
 |                 |                 |                 |  previous year  |                 |                 |
 |_________________|_________________|_________________|_________________|_________________|_________________|
 |  1996    Jun    |      1 891 203  |       -0,0      |      +16,2      |             ..  |             ..  |
 |          Sep    |      2 012 387  |       +6,4      |      +12,5      |             ..  |             ..  |
 |          Dec    |      2 131 778  |       +5,9      |      +11,5      |             ..  |             ..  |
 |  1997    Mar    |      2 133 287  |       +0,1      |      +12,8      |             ..  |             ..  |
 |          Jun    |      2 125 194  |       -0,4      |      +12,4      |             ..  |             ..  |
 |          Sep    |      2 313 693  |       +8,9      |      +15,0      |             ..  |             ..  |
 |          Dec    |      2 417 665  |       +4,5      |      +13,4      |             ..  |             ..  |
 |  1998    Mar    |      2 304 994  |       -4,7      |       +8,0      |              0  |      2 304 994  |
 |          Jun    |      2 303 220  |       -0,1      |       +8,4      |              0  |      2 303 220  |
 |          Sep    |      2 410 968  |       +4,7      |       +4,2      |              0  |      2 410 968  |
 |          Dec    |      2 524 598  |       +4,7      |       +4,4      |              0  |      2 524 598  |
 |  1999    Mar    |      2 558 891  |       +1,4      |      +11,0      |              0  |      2 558 891  |
 _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________
 Note: As from March 1998, severance, termination and redundancy payments are published.
 Note: Figures for the latest quarter are preliminary.
 Source: The Mineral Bureau, Department of Minerals and Energy.

 
 3    Manufacturing
 3.1  Number of employees (salary and wage earners)
 _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________
 |                 |                                                     |                 |                 |
 |                 |                                                     |    Percentage   |   Percentage    |
 |                 |                                                     |      change     |   change from   |
 |                 |                       Actual                        |  from preceding |  corresponding  |
 |    Year and     |                                                     |     quarter     |    quarter of   |
 |    quarter      |                                                     |                 |  previous year  |
 |                 |_____________________________________________________|_________________|_________________|
 |                 |                 |                 |                 |                 |                 |
 |                 |    Full-time    |    Part-time    |      Total      |      Total      |      Total      |
 |                 |                 |                 |                 |                 |                 |
 |_________________|_________________|_________________|_________________|_________________|_________________|
 |  1996    Jun    |           ..    |           ..    |    1 456 367    |       -1,1      |       +1,3      |
 |          Sep    |           ..    |           ..    |    1 445 487    |       -0,7      |       +0,8      |
 |          Dec    |           ..    |           ..    |    1 451 629    |       +0,4      |       +2,4      |
 |  1997    Mar    |           ..    |           ..    |    1 427 508    |       -1,7      |       -3,0      |
 |          Jun    |           ..    |           ..    |    1 395 636    |       -2,2      |       -4,2      |
 |          Sep    |           ..    |           ..    |    1 388 665    |       -0,5      |       -3,9      |
 |          Dec    |           ..    |           ..    |    1 373 906    |       -1,1      |       -5,4      |
 |  1998    Mar    |    1 302 441    |       50 732    |    1 353 173    |       -1,5      |       -5,2      |
 |          Jun    |    1 286 302    |       52 260    |    1 338 562    |       -1,1      |       -4,1      |
 |          Sep    |    1 289 104    |       58 865    |    1 347 969    |       +0,7      |       -2,9      |
 |          Dec    |    1 281 687    |       60 377    |    1 342 064    |       -0,4      |       -2,3      |
 |  1999    Mar    |    1 284 067    |       50 369    |    1 334 436    |       -0,6      |       -1,4      |
 _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________
 Note: As from March 1998, Full-time and Part-time employees are published separately.
 3.2  Gross salaries and wages
 _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________
 |                 |                                                     |                 |                 |
 |                 |                                                     |   Severance,    |                 |
 |                 |     Gross salaries and wages, except severance,     |  termination    |                 |
 |                 |         termination and redundancy payments         | and redundancy  |      Total      |
 |                 |                                                     |    payments     |                 |
 |                 |                       (R'000)                       |    (R'000)      |     (R'000)     |
 |    Year and     |_____________________________________________________|_________________|_________________|
 |    quarter      |                 |                 |                 |                 |                 |
 |                 |                 |    Percentage   |   Percentage    |                 |                 |
 |                 |      Actual     |      change     |   change from   |     Actual      |      Actual     |
 |                 |                 |  from preceding |  corresponding  |                 |                 |
 |                 |       (1)       |     quarter     |    quarter of   |      (2)        |      (1+2)      |
 |                 |                 |                 |  previous year  |                 |                 |
 |_________________|_________________|_________________|_________________|_________________|_________________|
 |  1996    Jun    |     13 133 919  |       -0,9      |       +9,6      |             ..  |             ..  |
 |          Sep    |     13 934 991  |       +6,1      |       +8,9      |             ..  |             ..  |
 |          Dec    |     15 356 279  |      +10,2      |       +4,5      |             ..  |             ..  |
 |  1997    Mar    |     13 757 159  |      -10,4      |       +3,8      |             ..  |             ..  |
 |          Jun    |     14 002 535  |       +1,8      |       +6,6      |             ..  |             ..  |
 |          Sep    |     14 597 261  |       +4,2      |       +4,8      |             ..  |             ..  |
 |          Dec    |     15 846 853  |       +8,6      |       +3,2      |             ..  |             ..  |
 |  1998    Mar    |     14 970 433  |       -5,5      |       +8,8      |        201 786  |     15 172 219  |
 |          Jun    |     15 379 814  |       +2,7      |       +9,8      |        380 577  |     15 760 391  |
 |          Sep    |     16 246 844  |       +5,6      |      +11,3      |        282 940  |     16 529 784  |
 |          Dec    |     18 442 143  |      +13,5      |      +16,4      |        439 091  |     18 881 234  |
 |  1999    Mar    |     16 198 996  |      -12,2      |       +8,2      |        352 877  |     16 551 873  |
 _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________
 Note: As from March 1998, severance, termination and redundancy payments are published.

 
 4    Electricity
 4.1  Number of employees (salary and wage earners)
 _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________
 |                 |                                                     |                 |                 |
 |                 |                                                     |    Percentage   |   Percentage    |
 |                 |                                                     |      change     |   change from   |
 |                 |                       Actual                        |  from preceding |  corresponding  |
 |    Year and     |                                                     |     quarter     |    quarter of   |
 |    quarter      |                                                     |                 |  previous year  |
 |                 |_____________________________________________________|_________________|_________________|
 |                 |                 |                 |                 |                 |                 |
 |                 |    Full-time    |    Part-time    |      Total      |      Total      |      Total      |
 |                 |                 |                 |                 |                 |                 |
 |_________________|_________________|_________________|_________________|_________________|_________________|
 |  1996    Jun    |           ..    |           ..    |       40 112    |       +0,4      |       +1,1      |
 |          Sep    |           ..    |           ..    |       39 970    |       -0,4      |       +2,0      |
 |          Dec    |           ..    |           ..    |       39 857    |       -0,3      |       -0,2      |
 |  1997    Mar    |           ..    |           ..    |       39 879    |       +0,1      |       -0,2      |
 |          Jun    |           ..    |           ..    |       39 613    |       -0,7      |       -1,2      |
 |          Sep    |           ..    |           ..    |       39 423    |       -0,5      |       -1,4      |
 |          Dec    |           ..    |           ..    |       39 203    |       -0,6      |       -1,6      |
 |  1998    Mar    |       38 996    |           37    |       39 033    |       -0,4      |       -2,1      |
 |          Jun    |       38 482    |           37    |       38 519    |       -1,3      |       -2,8      |
 |          Sep    |       37 926    |           34    |       37 960    |       -1,5      |       -3,7      |
 |          Dec    |       37 282    |           29    |       37 311    |       -1,7      |       -4,8      |
 |  1999    Mar    |       37 048    |           29    |       37 077    |       -0,6      |       -5,0      |
 _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________
 Note: As from March 1998, Full-time and Part-time employees are published separately.
 4.2  Gross salaries and wages
 _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________
 |                 |                                                     |                 |                 |
 |                 |                                                     |   Severance,    |                 |
 |                 |     Gross salaries and wages, except severance,     |  termination    |                 |
 |                 |         termination and redundancy payments         | and redundancy  |      Total      |
 |                 |                                                     |    payments     |                 |
 |                 |                       (R'000)                       |    (R'000)      |     (R'000)     |
 |    Year and     |_____________________________________________________|_________________|_________________|
 |    quarter      |                 |                 |                 |                 |                 |
 |                 |                 |    Percentage   |   Percentage    |                 |                 |
 |                 |      Actual     |      change     |   change from   |     Actual      |      Actual     |
 |                 |                 |  from preceding |  corresponding  |                 |                 |
 |                 |       (1)       |     quarter     |    quarter of   |      (2)        |      (1+2)      |
 |                 |                 |                 |  previous year  |                 |                 |
 |_________________|_________________|_________________|_________________|_________________|_________________|
 |  1996    Jun    |        803 977  |      +23,2      |      +20,5      |             ..  |             ..  |
 |          Sep    |        749 612  |       -6,8      |      +12,7      |             ..  |             ..  |
 |          Dec    |        888 908  |      +18,6      |      +10,8      |             ..  |             ..  |
 |  1997    Mar    |        775 960  |      -12,7      |      +18,9      |             ..  |             ..  |
 |          Jun    |      1 068 272  |      +37,7      |      +32,9      |             ..  |             ..  |
 |          Sep    |        885 172  |      -17,1      |      +18,1      |             ..  |             ..  |
 |          Dec    |        992 565  |      +12,1      |      +11,7      |             ..  |             ..  |
 |  1998    Mar    |        903 812  |       -8,9      |      +16,5      |              0  |        903 812  |
 |          Jun    |      1 132 630  |      +25,3      |       +6,0      |              0  |      1 132 630  |
 |          Sep    |      1 025 273  |       -9,5      |      +15,8      |              0  |      1 025 273  |
 |          Dec    |      1 241 721  |      +21,1      |      +25,1      |              0  |      1 241 721  |
 |  1999    Mar    |      1 048 958  |      -15,5      |      +16,1      |              0  |      1 048 958  |
 _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________
 Note: As from March 1998, severance, termination and redundancy payments are published.

 
 5    Construction
 5.1  Number of employees (salary and wage earners)
 _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________
 |                 |                                                     |                 |                 |
 |                 |                                                     |    Percentage   |   Percentage    |
 |                 |                                                     |      change     |   change from   |
 |                 |                       Actual                        |  from preceding |  corresponding  |
 |    Year and     |                                                     |     quarter     |    quarter of   |
 |    quarter      |                                                     |                 |  previous year  |
 |                 |_____________________________________________________|_________________|_________________|
 |                 |                 |                 |                 |                 |                 |
 |                 |    Full-time    |    Part-time    |      Total      |      Total      |      Total      |
 |                 |                 |                 |                 |                 |                 |
 |_________________|_________________|_________________|_________________|_________________|_________________|
 |  1996    Jun    |           ..    |           ..    |      325 926    |       -1,9      |       -9,2      |
 |          Sep    |           ..    |           ..    |      324 660    |       -0,4      |       -6,4      |
 |          Dec    |           ..    |           ..    |      312 051    |       -3,9      |       -7,4      |
 |  1997    Mar    |           ..    |           ..    |      314 464    |       +0,8      |       -5,4      |
 |          Jun    |           ..    |           ..    |      313 608    |       -0,3      |       -3,8      |
 |          Sep    |           ..    |           ..    |      311 496    |       -0,7      |       -4,1      |
 |          Dec    |           ..    |           ..    |      301 371    |       -3,3      |       -3,4      |
 |  1998    Mar    |      283 404    |       13 612    |      297 016    |       -1,4      |       -5,5      |
 |          Jun    |      260 989    |       21 836    |      282 825    |       -4,8      |       -9,8      |
 |          Sep    |      256 573    |       21 069    |      277 642    |       -1,8      |      -10,9      |
 |          Dec    |      236 369    |       18 851    |      255 220    |       -8,1      |      -15,3      |
 |  1999    Mar    |      233 789    |       15 024    |      248 813    |       -2,5      |      -16,2      |
 _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________
 Note: As from March 1998, Full-time and Part-time employees are published separately.
 5.2  Gross salaries and wages
 _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________
 |                 |                                                     |                 |                 |
 |                 |                                                     |   Severance,    |                 |
 |                 |     Gross salaries and wages, except severance,     |  termination    |                 |
 |                 |         termination and redundancy payments         | and redundancy  |      Total      |
 |                 |                                                     |    payments     |                 |
 |                 |                       (R'000)                       |    (R'000)      |     (R'000)     |
 |    Year and     |_____________________________________________________|_________________|_________________|
 |    quarter      |                 |                 |                 |                 |                 |
 |                 |                 |    Percentage   |   Percentage    |                 |                 |
 |                 |      Actual     |      change     |   change from   |     Actual      |      Actual     |
 |                 |                 |  from preceding |  corresponding  |                 |                 |
 |                 |       (1)       |     quarter     |    quarter of   |      (2)        |      (1+2)      |
 |                 |                 |                 |  previous year  |                 |                 |
 |_________________|_________________|_________________|_________________|_________________|_________________|
 |  1996    Jun    |      1 764 259  |       +2,5      |       +3,6      |             ..  |             ..  |
 |          Sep    |      1 844 481  |       +4,5      |       +5,7      |             ..  |             ..  |
 |          Dec    |      2 011 502  |       +9,1      |       +5,9      |             ..  |             ..  |
 |  1997    Mar    |      1 794 774  |      -10,8      |       +4,3      |             ..  |             ..  |
 |          Jun    |      1 874 834  |       +4,5      |       +6,3      |             ..  |             ..  |
 |          Sep    |      1 911 478  |       +2,0      |       +3,6      |             ..  |             ..  |
 |          Dec    |      2 104 991  |      +10,1      |       +4,6      |             ..  |             ..  |
 |  1998    Mar    |      1 950 297  |       -7,3      |       +8,7      |         12 901  |      1 963 198  |
 |          Jun    |      2 156 726  |      +10,6      |      +15,0      |         28 499  |      2 185 225  |
 |          Sep    |      2 187 154  |       +1,4      |      +14,4      |         16 164  |      2 203 318  |
 |          Dec    |      2 348 921  |       +7,4      |      +11,6      |         18 528  |      2 367 449  |
 |  1999    Mar    |      1 921 908  |      -18,2      |       -1,5      |         29 820  |      1 951 728  |
 _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________
 Note: As from March 1998, severance, termination and redundancy payments are published.

 
 6    Wholesale, retail and motor trade and catering and accommodation services
 6.1  Number of employees (salary and wage earners)
 _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________
 |                 |                                                     |                 |                 |
 |                 |                                                     |    Percentage   |   Percentage    |
 |                 |                                                     |      change     |   change from   |
 |                 |                       Actual                        |  from preceding |  corresponding  |
 |    Year and     |                                                     |     quarter     |    quarter of   |
 |    quarter      |                                                     |                 |  previous year  |
 |                 |_____________________________________________________|_________________|_________________|
 |                 |                 |                 |                 |                 |                 |
 |                 |    Full-time    |    Part-time    |      Total      |      Total      |      Total      |
 |                 |                 |                 |                 |                 |                 |
 |_________________|_________________|_________________|_________________|_________________|_________________|
 |  1996    Jun    |           ..    |           ..    |      757 475    |       -0,7      |       +0,8      |
 |          Sep    |           ..    |           ..    |      760 712    |       +0,4      |       +0,6      |
 |          Dec    |           ..    |           ..    |      776 177    |       +2,0      |       +0,4      |
 |  1997    Mar    |           ..    |           ..    |      757 657    |       -2,4      |       -0,7      |
 |          Jun    |           ..    |           ..    |      764 162    |       +0,9      |       +0,9      |
 |          Sep    |           ..    |           ..    |      769 626    |       +0,7      |       +1,2      |
 |          Dec    |           ..    |           ..    |      785 586    |       +2,1      |       +1,2      |
 |  1998    Mar    |      681 186    |      104 126    |      785 312    |       -0,0      |       +3,7      |
 |          Jun    |      677 509    |      121 493    |      799 002    |       +1,7      |       +4,6      |
 |          Sep    |      676 081    |      118 941    |      795 022    |       -0,5      |       +3,3      |
 |          Dec    |      679 541    |      154 749    |      834 290    |       +4,9      |       +6,2      |
 |  1999    Mar    |      689 023    |      164 318    |      853 341    |       +2,3      |       +8,7      |
 _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________
 Note: As from March 1998, Full-time and Part-time employees are published separately.
 6.2  Gross salaries and wages
 _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________
 |                 |                                                     |                 |                 |
 |                 |                                                     |   Severance,    |                 |
 |                 |     Gross salaries and wages, except severance,     |  termination    |                 |
 |                 |         termination and redundancy payments         | and redundancy  |      Total      |
 |                 |                                                     |    payments     |                 |
 |                 |                       (R'000)                       |    (R'000)      |     (R'000)     |
 |    Year and     |_____________________________________________________|_________________|_________________|
 |    quarter      |                 |                 |                 |                 |                 |
 |                 |                 |    Percentage   |   Percentage    |                 |                 |
 |                 |      Actual     |      change     |   change from   |     Actual      |      Actual     |
 |                 |                 |  from preceding |  corresponding  |                 |                 |
 |                 |       (1)       |     quarter     |    quarter of   |      (2)        |      (1+2)      |
 |                 |                 |                 |  previous year  |                 |                 |
 |_________________|_________________|_________________|_________________|_________________|_________________|
 |  1996    Jun    |      5 707 931  |       -0,2      |       +9,0      |             ..  |             ..  |
 |          Sep    |      5 881 674  |       +3,0      |       +8,1      |             ..  |             ..  |
 |          Dec    |      6 689 628  |      +13,7      |       +6,0      |             ..  |             ..  |
 |  1997    Mar    |      6 098 294  |       -8,8      |       +6,6      |             ..  |             ..  |
 |          Jun    |      6 241 196  |       +2,3      |       +9,3      |             ..  |             ..  |
 |          Sep    |      6 490 989  |       +4,0      |      +10,4      |             ..  |             ..  |
 |          Dec    |      7 465 567  |      +15,0      |      +11,6      |             ..  |             ..  |
 |  1998    Mar    |      7 006 111  |       -6,2      |      +14,9      |         72 047  |      7 078 158  |
 |          Jun    |      6 996 960  |       -0,1      |      +12,1      |         76 476  |      7 073 436  |
 |          Sep    |      7 517 477  |       +7,4      |      +15,8      |         73 408  |      7 590 885  |
 |          Dec    |      8 872 502  |      +18,0      |      +18,8      |        128 709  |      9 001 211  |
 |  1999    Mar    |      8 086 181  |       -8,9      |      +15,4      |         78 744  |      8 164 925  |
 _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________
 Note: As from March 1998, severance, termination and redundancy payments are published.

 
 7      Transport, storage and communication
 7.1    Total
 7.1.1  Number of employees (salary and wage earners)
 _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________
 |                 |                                                     |                 |                 |
 |                 |                                                     |    Percentage   |   Percentage    |
 |                 |                                                     |      change     |   change from   |
 |                 |                       Actual                        |  from preceding |  corresponding  |
 |    Year and     |                                                     |     quarter     |    quarter of   |
 |    quarter      |                                                     |                 |  previous year  |
 |                 |_____________________________________________________|_________________|_________________|
 |                 |                 |                 |                 |                 |                 |
 |                 |    Full-time    |    Part-time    |      Total      |      Total      |      Total      |
 |                 |                 |                 |                 |                 |                 |
 |_________________|_________________|_________________|_________________|_________________|_________________|
 |  1996    Jun    |           ..    |           ..    |      283 275    |       +1,1      |       -0,4      |
 |          Sep    |           ..    |           ..    |      280 990    |       -0,8      |       -0,2      |
 |          Dec    |           ..    |           ..    |      280 031    |       -0,3      |       -0,1      |
 |  1997    Mar    |           ..    |           ..    |      278 763    |       -0,5      |       -0,5      |
 |          Jun    |           ..    |           ..    |      276 085    |       -1,0      |       -2,5      |
 |          Sep    |           ..    |           ..    |      275 668    |       -0,2      |       -1,9      |
 |          Dec    |           ..    |           ..    |      267 779    |       -2,9      |       -4,4      |
 |  1998    Mar    |      237 385    |        6 562    |      243 947    |       -8,9      |      -12,5      |
 |          Jun    |      236 863    |        8 916    |      245 779    |       +0,8      |      -11,0      |
 |          Sep    |      238 756    |        8 258    |      247 014    |       +0,5      |      -10,4      |
 |          Dec    |      240 292    |        8 405    |      248 697    |       +0,7      |       -7,1      |
 |  1999    Mar    |      236 678    |        9 109    |      245 787    |       -1,2      |       +0,8      |
 _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________
 Note: As from March 1998, Full-time and Part-time employees are published separately.
 7.1.2  Gross salaries and wages
 _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________
 |                 |                                                     |                 |                 |
 |                 |                                                     |   Severance,    |                 |
 |                 |     Gross salaries and wages, except severance,     |  termination    |                 |
 |                 |         termination and redundancy payments         | and redundancy  |      Total      |
 |                 |                                                     |    payments     |                 |
 |                 |                       (R'000)                       |    (R'000)      |     (R'000)     |
 |    Year and     |_____________________________________________________|_________________|_________________|
 |    quarter      |                 |                 |                 |                 |                 |
 |                 |                 |    Percentage   |   Percentage    |                 |                 |
 |                 |      Actual     |      change     |   change from   |     Actual      |      Actual     |
 |                 |                 |  from preceding |  corresponding  |                 |                 |
 |                 |       (1)       |     quarter     |    quarter of   |      (2)        |      (1+2)      |
 |                 |                 |                 |  previous year  |                 |                 |
 |_________________|_________________|_________________|_________________|_________________|_________________|
 |  1996    Jun    |      4 027 863  |       +2,3      |       +4,8      |             ..  |             ..  |
 |          Sep    |      4 206 729  |       +4,4      |       +3,1      |             ..  |             ..  |
 |          Dec    |      4 282 285  |       +1,8      |       -1,1      |             ..  |             ..  |
 |  1997    Mar    |      4 352 155  |       +1,6      |      +10,6      |             ..  |             ..  |
 |          Jun    |      4 357 019  |       +0,1      |       +8,2      |             ..  |             ..  |
 |          Sep    |      4 432 789  |       +1,7      |       +5,4      |             ..  |             ..  |
 |          Dec    |      4 223 708  |       -4,7      |       -1,4      |             ..  |             ..  |
 |  1998    Mar    |      4 175 847  |       -1,1      |       -4,1      |         27 535  |      4 203 382  |
 |          Jun    |      4 485 914  |       +7,4      |       +3,0      |          9 083  |      4 494 997  |
 |          Sep    |      4 275 384  |       -4,7      |       -3,6      |         16 862  |      4 292 246  |
 |          Dec    |      4 373 175  |       +2,3      |       +3,5      |         16 338  |      4 389 513  |
 |  1999    Mar    |      4 118 571  |       -5,8      |       -1,4      |         20 833  |      4 139 404  |
 _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________
 Note: As from March 1998, severance, termination and redundancy payments are published.

 
 7      Transport, storage and communication
 7.2    Governmental institutions
 7.2.1  Number of employees (salary and wage earners)
 _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________
 |                 |                                                     |                 |                 |
 |                 |                                                     |    Percentage   |   Percentage    |
 |                 |                                                     |      change     |   change from   |
 |                 |                       Actual                        |  from preceding |  corresponding  |
 |    Year and     |                                                     |     quarter     |    quarter of   |
 |    quarter      |                                                     |                 |  previous year  |
 |                 |_____________________________________________________|_________________|_________________|
 |                 |                 |                 |                 |                 |                 |
 |                 |    Full-time    |    Part-time    |      Total      |      Total      |      Total      |
 |                 |                 |                 |                 |                 |                 |
 |_________________|_________________|_________________|_________________|_________________|_________________|
 |  1996    Jun    |           ..    |           ..    |      204 106    |       +0,7      |       -2,0      |
 |          Sep    |           ..    |           ..    |      203 539    |       -0,3      |       -0,9      |
 |          Dec    |           ..    |           ..    |      202 717    |       -0,4      |       -0,1      |
 |  1997    Mar    |           ..    |           ..    |      201 554    |       -0,6      |       -0,6      |
 |          Jun    |           ..    |           ..    |      198 817    |       -1,4      |       -2,6      |
 |          Sep    |           ..    |           ..    |      196 211    |       -1,3      |       -3,6      |
 |          Dec    |           ..    |           ..    |      190 449    |       -2,9      |       -6,1      |
 |  1998    Mar    |      184 860    |        4 081    |      188 941    |       -0,8      |       -6,3      |
 |          Jun    |      181 220    |        6 926    |      188 146    |       -0,4      |       -5,4      |
 |          Sep    |      182 428    |        6 019    |      188 447    |       +0,2      |       -4,0      |
 |          Dec    |      182 467    |        5 851    |      188 318    |       -0,1      |       -1,1      |
 |  1999    Mar    |      179 807    |        5 823    |      185 630    |       -1,4      |       -1,8      |
 _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________
 Note: As from March 1998, Full-time and Part-time employees are published separately.
 7.2.2  Gross salaries and wages
 _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________
 |                 |                                                     |                 |                 |
 |                 |                                                     |   Severance,    |                 |
 |                 |     Gross salaries and wages, except severance,     |  termination    |                 |
 |                 |         termination and redundancy payments         | and redundancy  |      Total      |
 |                 |                                                     |    payments     |                 |
 |                 |                       (R'000)                       |    (R'000)      |     (R'000)     |
 |    Year and     |_____________________________________________________|_________________|_________________|
 |    quarter      |                 |                 |                 |                 |                 |
 |                 |                 |    Percentage   |   Percentage    |                 |                 |
 |                 |      Actual     |      change     |   change from   |     Actual      |      Actual     |
 |                 |                 |  from preceding |  corresponding  |                 |                 |
 |                 |       (1)       |     quarter     |    quarter of   |      (2)        |      (1+2)      |
 |                 |                 |                 |  previous year  |                 |                 |
 |_________________|_________________|_________________|_________________|_________________|_________________|
 |  1996    Jun    |      3 408 609  |       +1,3      |       +2,9      |             ..  |             ..  |
 |          Sep    |      3 571 121  |       +4,8      |       +1,6      |             ..  |             ..  |
 |          Dec    |      3 601 304  |       +0,8      |       -2,9      |             ..  |             ..  |
 |  1997    Mar    |      3 706 842  |       +2,9      |      +10,2      |             ..  |             ..  |
 |          Jun    |      3 723 576  |       +0,5      |       +9,2      |             ..  |             ..  |
 |          Sep    |      3 779 281  |       +1,5      |       +5,8      |             ..  |             ..  |
 |          Dec    |      3 586 580  |       -5,1      |       -0,4      |             ..  |             ..  |
 |  1998    Mar    |      3 633 806  |       +1,3      |       -2,0      |         19 765  |      3 653 571  |
 |          Jun    |      3 867 047  |       +6,4      |       +3,9      |          6 181  |      3 873 228  |
 |          Sep    |      3 669 687  |       -5,1      |       -2,9      |         13 583  |      3 683 270  |
 |          Dec    |      3 688 620  |       +0,5      |       +2,8      |         12 908  |      3 701 528  |
 |  1999    Mar    |      3 511 556  |       -4,8      |       -3,4      |         14 028  |      3 525 584  |
 _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________
 Note: As from March 1998, severance, termination and redundancy payments are published.

 
 7      Transport, storage and communication
 7.3    Non-governmental institutions
 7.3.1  Number of employees (salary and wage earners)
 _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________
 |                 |                                                     |                 |                 |
 |                 |                                                     |    Percentage   |   Percentage    |
 |                 |                                                     |      change     |   change from   |
 |                 |                       Actual                        |  from preceding |  corresponding  |
 |    Year and     |                                                     |     quarter     |    quarter of   |
 |    quarter      |                                                     |                 |  previous year  |
 |                 |_____________________________________________________|_________________|_________________|
 |                 |                 |                 |                 |                 |                 |
 |                 |    Full-time    |    Part-time    |      Total      |      Total      |      Total      |
 |                 |                 |                 |                 |                 |                 |
 |_________________|_________________|_________________|_________________|_________________|_________________|
 |  1996    Jun    |           ..    |           ..    |       79 169    |       +2,2      |       +3,9      |
 |          Sep    |           ..    |           ..    |       77 451    |       -2,2      |       +1,9      |
 |          Dec    |           ..    |           ..    |       77 314    |       -0,2      |       +0,1      |
 |  1997    Mar    |           ..    |           ..    |       77 209    |       -0,1      |       -0,3      |
 |          Jun    |           ..    |           ..    |       77 268    |       +0,1      |       -2,4      |
 |          Sep    |           ..    |           ..    |       79 457    |       +2,8      |       +2,6      |
 |          Dec    |           ..    |           ..    |       77 330    |       -2,7      |       -0,0      |
 |  1998    Mar    |       52 525    |        2 481    |       55 006    |      -28,9      |      -28,8      |
 |          Jun    |       55 643    |        1 990    |       57 633    |       +4,8      |      -25,4      |
 |          Sep    |       56 328    |        2 239    |       58 567    |       +1,6      |      -26,3      |
 |          Dec    |       57 825    |        2 554    |       60 379    |       +3,1      |      -21,9      |
 |  1999    Mar    |       56 871    |        3 286    |       60 157    |       -0,4      |       +9,4      |
 _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________
 Note: As from March 1998, Full-time and Part-time employees are published separately.
 Note: The 1997 figures were estimated.
 7.3.2  Gross salaries and wages
 _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________
 |                 |                                                     |                 |                 |
 |                 |                                                     |   Severance,    |                 |
 |                 |     Gross salaries and wages, except severance,     |  termination    |                 |
 |                 |         termination and redundancy payments         | and redundancy  |      Total      |
 |                 |                                                     |    payments     |                 |
 |                 |                       (R'000)                       |    (R'000)      |     (R'000)     |
 |    Year and     |_____________________________________________________|_________________|_________________|
 |    quarter      |                 |                 |                 |                 |                 |
 |                 |                 |    Percentage   |   Percentage    |                 |                 |
 |                 |      Actual     |      change     |   change from   |     Actual      |      Actual     |
 |                 |                 |  from preceding |  corresponding  |                 |                 |
 |                 |       (1)       |     quarter     |    quarter of   |      (2)        |      (1+2)      |
 |                 |                 |                 |  previous year  |                 |                 |
 |_________________|_________________|_________________|_________________|_________________|_________________|
 |  1996    Jun    |        619 254  |       +8,2      |      +16,2      |             ..  |             ..  |
 |          Sep    |        635 608  |       +2,6      |      +12,4      |             ..  |             ..  |
 |          Dec    |        680 981  |       +7,1      |       +9,8      |             ..  |             ..  |
 |  1997    Mar    |        645 313  |       -5,2      |      +12,7      |             ..  |             ..  |
 |          Jun    |        633 443  |       -1,8      |       +2,3      |             ..  |             ..  |
 |          Sep    |        653 508  |       +3,2      |       +2,8      |             ..  |             ..  |
 |          Dec    |        637 128  |       -2,5      |       -6,4      |             ..  |             ..  |
 |  1998    Mar    |        542 041  |      -14,9      |      -16,0      |          7 770  |        549 811  |
 |          Jun    |        618 867  |      +14,2      |       -2,3      |          2 902  |        621 769  |
 |          Sep    |        605 697  |       -2,1      |       -7,3      |          3 279  |        608 976  |
 |          Dec    |        684 555  |      +13,0      |       +7,4      |          3 430  |        687 985  |
 |  1999    Mar    |        607 015  |      -11,3      |      +12,0      |          6 805  |        613 820  |
 _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________
 Note: As from March 1998, severance, termination and redundancy payments are published.
 Note: The 1997 figures were estimated.

 
 8    Financial institutions
 8.1  Number of employees (salary and wage earners)
 _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________
 |                 |                                                     |                 |                 |
 |                 |                                                     |    Percentage   |   Percentage    |
 |                 |                                                     |      change     |   change from   |
 |                 |                       Actual                        |  from preceding |  corresponding  |
 |    Year and     |                                                     |     quarter     |    quarter of   |
 |    quarter      |                                                     |                 |  previous year  |
 |                 |_____________________________________________________|_________________|_________________|
 |                 |                 |                 |                 |                 |                 |
 |                 |    Full-time    |    Part-time    |      Total      |      Total      |      Total      |
 |                 |                 |                 |                 |                 |                 |
 |_________________|_________________|_________________|_________________|_________________|_________________|
 |  1996    Jun    |           ..    |           ..    |      215 250    |       +1,5      |       +7,1      |
 |          Sep    |           ..    |           ..    |      215 437    |       +0,1      |       +5,0      |
 |          Dec    |           ..    |           ..    |      213 841    |       -0,7      |       +2,6      |
 |  1997    Mar    |           ..    |           ..    |      214 857    |       +0,5      |       +1,3      |
 |          Jun    |           ..    |           ..    |      217 180    |       +1,1      |       +0,9      |
 |          Sep    |           ..    |           ..    |      218 481    |       +0,6      |       +1,4      |
 |          Dec    |           ..    |           ..    |      221 360    |       +1,3      |       +3,5      |
 |  1998    Mar    |      209 964    |        7 413    |      217 377    |       -1,8      |       +1,2      |
 |          Jun    |      210 147    |        8 139    |      218 286    |       +0,4      |       +0,5      |
 |          Sep    |      208 102    |        8 737    |      216 839    |       -0,7      |       -0,8      |
 |          Dec    |      206 371    |        8 926    |      215 297    |       -0,7      |       -2,7      |
 |  1999    Mar    |      196 181    |       14 700    |      210 881    |       -2,1      |       -3,0      |
 _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________
 Note: As from March 1998, Full-time and Part-time employees are published separately.
 8.2  Gross salaries and wages
 _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________
 |                 |                                                     |                 |                 |
 |                 |                                                     |   Severance,    |                 |
 |                 |     Gross salaries and wages, except severance,     |  termination    |                 |
 |                 |         termination and redundancy payments         | and redundancy  |      Total      |
 |                 |                                                     |    payments     |                 |
 |                 |                       (R'000)                       |    (R'000)      |     (R'000)     |
 |    Year and     |_____________________________________________________|_________________|_________________|
 |    quarter      |                 |                 |                 |                 |                 |
 |                 |                 |    Percentage   |   Percentage    |                 |                 |
 |                 |      Actual     |      change     |   change from   |     Actual      |      Actual     |
 |                 |                 |  from preceding |  corresponding  |                 |                 |
 |                 |       (1)       |     quarter     |    quarter of   |      (2)        |      (1+2)      |
 |                 |                 |                 |  previous year  |                 |                 |
 |_________________|_________________|_________________|_________________|_________________|_________________|
 |  1996    Jun    |      3 508 184  |       +9,5      |      +13,8      |             ..  |             ..  |
 |          Sep    |      3 603 802  |       +2,7      |      +13,1      |             ..  |             ..  |
 |          Dec    |      4 242 186  |      +17,7      |      +17,4      |             ..  |             ..  |
 |  1997    Mar    |      3 504 847  |      -17,4      |       +9,4      |             ..  |             ..  |
 |          Jun    |      3 888 566  |      +10,9      |      +10,8      |             ..  |             ..  |
 |          Sep    |      3 927 119  |       +1,0      |       +9,0      |             ..  |             ..  |
 |          Dec    |      4 635 260  |      +18,0      |       +9,3      |             ..  |             ..  |
 |  1998    Mar    |      4 341 891  |       -6,3      |      +23,9      |         31 038  |      4 372 929  |
 |          Jun    |      4 529 934  |       +4,3      |      +16,5      |         31 138  |      4 561 072  |
 |          Sep    |      4 552 519  |       +0,5      |      +15,9      |         56 326  |      4 608 845  |
 |          Dec    |      5 155 551  |      +13,2      |      +11,2      |         84 395  |      5 239 946  |
 |  1999    Mar    |      4 637 190  |      -10,1      |       +6,8      |         64 863  |      4 702 053  |
 _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________
 Note: As from March 1998, severance, termination and redundancy payments are published.

 
 9      Community, social and personal services
 9.1    Total government sector and laundries and dry-cleaning services
 9.1.1  Number of employees (salary and wage earners)
 _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________
 |                 |                                                     |                 |                 |
 |                 |                                                     |    Percentage   |   Percentage    |
 |                 |                                                     |      change     |   change from   |
 |                 |                       Actual                        |  from preceding |  corresponding  |
 |    Year and     |                                                     |     quarter     |    quarter of   |
 |    quarter      |                                                     |                 |  previous year  |
 |                 |_____________________________________________________|_________________|_________________|
 |                 |                 |                 |                 |                 |                 |
 |                 |    Full-time    |    Part-time    |      Total      |      Total      |      Total      |
 |                 |                 |                 |                 |                 |                 |
 |_________________|_________________|_________________|_________________|_________________|_________________|
 |  1996    Jun    |           ..    |           ..    |    1 596 771    |       +1,8      |       +8,9      |
 |          Sep    |           ..    |           ..    |    1 603 673    |       +0,4      |       +9,0      |
 |          Dec    |           ..    |           ..    |    1 588 921    |       -0,9      |       +2,7      |
 |  1997    Mar    |           ..    |           ..    |    1 596 076    |       +0,5      |       +1,8      |
 |          Jun    |           ..    |           ..    |    1 596 745    |       -0,0      |       -0,0      |
 |          Sep    |           ..    |           ..    |    1 588 886    |       -0,5      |       -0,9      |
 |          Dec    |           ..    |           ..    |    1 577 102    |       -0,7      |       -0,7      |
 |  1998    Mar    |    1 530 734    |       36 978    |    1 567 712    |       -0,6      |       -1,8      |
 |          Jun    |    1 488 786    |       89 264    |    1 578 050    |       +0,7      |       -1,2      |
 |          Sep    |    1 464 086    |      110 916    |    1 575 002    |       -0,2      |       -0,9      |
 |          Dec    |    1 445 310    |      117 219    |    1 562 529    |       -0,8      |       -0,9      |
 |  1999    Mar    |    1 428 436    |      134 156    |    1 562 592    |       -0,0      |       -0,3      |
 _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________
 Note: As from March 1998, Full-time and Part-time employees are published separately.
 9.1.2  Gross salaries and wages
 _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________
 |                 |                                                     |                 |                 |
 |                 |                                                     |   Severance,    |                 |
 |                 |     Gross salaries and wages, except severance,     |  termination    |                 |
 |                 |         termination and redundancy payments         | and redundancy  |      Total      |
 |                 |                                                     |    payments     |                 |
 |                 |                       (R'000)                       |    (R'000)      |     (R'000)     |
 |    Year and     |_____________________________________________________|_________________|_________________|
 |    quarter      |                 |                 |                 |                 |                 |
 |                 |                 |    Percentage   |   Percentage    |                 |                 |
 |                 |      Actual     |      change     |   change from   |     Actual      |      Actual     |
 |                 |                 |  from preceding |  corresponding  |                 |                 |
 |                 |       (1)       |     quarter     |    quarter of   |      (2)        |      (1+2)      |
 |                 |                 |                 |  previous year  |                 |                 |
 |_________________|_________________|_________________|_________________|_________________|_________________|
 |  1996    Jun    |     20 093 419  |       +9,9      |      +16,5      |             ..  |             ..  |
 |          Sep    |     21 179 368  |       +5,4      |      +18,4      |             ..  |             ..  |
 |          Dec    |     23 213 656  |       +9,6      |      +23,2      |             ..  |             ..  |
 |  1997    Mar    |     22 285 306  |       -4,0      |      +21,9      |             ..  |             ..  |
 |          Jun    |     23 301 307  |       +4,6      |      +16,0      |             ..  |             ..  |
 |          Sep    |     23 291 786  |       -0,0      |      +10,0      |             ..  |             ..  |
 |          Dec    |     23 248 387  |       -0,2      |       +0,1      |             ..  |             ..  |
 |  1998    Mar    |     23 903 711  |       +2,8      |       +7,3      |        138 058  |     24 041 769  |
 |          Jun    |     26 298 442  |      +10,0      |      +12,9      |        225 727  |     26 524 169  |
 |          Sep    |     24 968 003  |       -5,1      |       +7,2      |        304 312  |     25 272 315  |
 |          Dec    |     27 786 183  |      +11,3      |      +19,5      |        199 341  |     27 985 524  |
 |  1999    Mar    |     25 231 407  |       -9,2      |       +5,6      |        374 261  |     25 605 668  |
 _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________
 Note: As from March 1998, severance, termination and redundancy payments are published.

 
 9      Community, social and personal services
 9.2    Total government sector (excluding laundries and dry-cleaning services)
 9.2.1  Number of employees (salary and wage earners)
 _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________
 |                 |                                                     |                 |                 |
 |                 |                                                     |    Percentage   |   Percentage    |
 |                 |                                                     |      change     |   change from   |
 |                 |                       Actual                        |  from preceding |  corresponding  |
 |    Year and     |                                                     |     quarter     |    quarter of   |
 |    quarter      |                                                     |                 |  previous year  |
 |                 |_____________________________________________________|_________________|_________________|
 |                 |                 |                 |                 |                 |                 |
 |                 |    Full-time    |    Part-time    |      Total      |      Total      |      Total      |
 |                 |                 |                 |                 |                 |                 |
 |_________________|_________________|_________________|_________________|_________________|_________________|
 |  1996    Jun    |           ..    |           ..    |    1 582 721    |       +1,8      |       +9,1      |
 |          Sep    |           ..    |           ..    |    1 589 773    |       +0,4      |       +9,1      |
 |          Dec    |           ..    |           ..    |    1 574 991    |       -0,9      |       +2,7      |
 |  1997    Mar    |           ..    |           ..    |    1 583 166    |       +0,5      |       +1,8      |
 |          Jun    |           ..    |           ..    |    1 583 855    |       -0,0      |       +0,1      |
 |          Sep    |           ..    |           ..    |    1 576 076    |       -0,5      |       -0,9      |
 |          Dec    |           ..    |           ..    |    1 564 892    |       -0,7      |       -0,6      |
 |  1998    Mar    |    1 519 835    |       36 877    |    1 556 712    |       -0,5      |       -1,7      |
 |          Jun    |    1 479 146    |       88 184    |    1 567 330    |       +0,7      |       -1,0      |
 |          Sep    |    1 454 427    |      109 972    |    1 564 399    |       -0,2      |       -0,7      |
 |          Dec    |    1 435 426    |      116 200    |    1 551 626    |       -0,8      |       -0,8      |
 |  1999    Mar    |    1 418 949    |      133 165    |    1 552 114    |       -0,0      |       -0,3      |
 _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________
 Note: As from March 1998, Full-time and Part-time employees are published separately.
 9.2.2  Gross salaries and wages
 _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________
 |                 |                                                     |                 |                 |
 |                 |                                                     |   Severance,    |                 |
 |                 |     Gross salaries and wages, except severance,     |  termination    |                 |
 |                 |         termination and redundancy payments         | and redundancy  |      Total      |
 |                 |                                                     |    payments     |                 |
 |                 |                       (R'000)                       |    (R'000)      |     (R'000)     |
 |    Year and     |_____________________________________________________|_________________|_________________|
 |    quarter      |                 |                 |                 |                 |                 |
 |                 |                 |    Percentage   |   Percentage    |                 |                 |
 |                 |      Actual     |      change     |   change from   |     Actual      |      Actual     |
 |                 |                 |  from preceding |  corresponding  |                 |                 |
 |                 |       (1)       |     quarter     |    quarter of   |      (2)        |      (1+2)      |
 |                 |                 |                 |  previous year  |                 |                 |
 |_________________|_________________|_________________|_________________|_________________|_________________|
 |  1996    Jun    |     20 042 393  |      +10,0      |      +16,5      |             ..  |             ..  |
 |          Sep    |     21 127 420  |       +5,4      |      +18,4      |             ..  |             ..  |
 |          Dec    |     23 160 261  |       +9,6      |      +23,2      |             ..  |             ..  |
 |  1997    Mar    |     22 233 352  |       -4,0      |      +22,0      |             ..  |             ..  |
 |          Jun    |     23 245 584  |       +4,6      |      +16,0      |             ..  |             ..  |
 |          Sep    |     23 237 419  |       -0,0      |      +10,0      |             ..  |             ..  |
 |          Dec    |     23 193 950  |       -0,2      |       +0,1      |             ..  |             ..  |
 |  1998    Mar    |     23 842 769  |       +2,8      |       +7,2      |        137 806  |     23 980 575  |
 |          Jun    |     26 235 529  |      +10,0      |      +12,9      |        225 659  |     26 461 188  |
 |          Sep    |     24 906 283  |       -5,1      |       +7,2      |        304 306  |     25 210 589  |
 |          Dec    |     27 715 954  |      +11,3      |      +19,5      |        199 341  |     27 915 295  |
 |  1999    Mar    |     25 164 502  |       -9,2      |       +5,5      |        374 139  |     25 538 641  |
 _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________
 Note: As from March 1998, severance, termination and redundancy payments are published.

 
 9        Community, social and personal services
 9.3      Government sector
 9.3.1    National departments
 9.3.1.1  Number of employees (salary and wage earners)
 _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________
 |                 |                                                     |                 |                 |
 |                 |                                                     |    Percentage   |   Percentage    |
 |                 |                                                     |      change     |   change from   |
 |                 |                       Actual                        |  from preceding |  corresponding  |
 |    Year and     |                                                     |     quarter     |    quarter of   |
 |    quarter      |                                                     |                 |  previous year  |
 |                 |_____________________________________________________|_________________|_________________|
 |                 |                 |                 |                 |                 |                 |
 |                 |    Full-time    |    Part-time    |      Total      |      Total      |      Total      |
 |                 |                 |                 |                 |                 |                 |
 |_________________|_________________|_________________|_________________|_________________|_________________|
 |  1996    Jun    |           ..    |           ..    |      359 680    |       +2,0      |       +6,7      |
 |          Sep    |           ..    |           ..    |      358 733    |       -0,3      |       +4,4      |
 |          Dec    |           ..    |           ..    |      355 295    |       -1,0      |       +5,1      |
 |  1997    Mar    |           ..    |           ..    |      353 661    |       -0,5      |       +0,3      |
 |          Jun    |           ..    |           ..    |      351 398    |       -0,6      |       -2,3      |
 |          Sep    |           ..    |           ..    |      348 986    |       -0,7      |       -2,7      |
 |          Dec    |           ..    |           ..    |      332 885    |       -4,6      |       -6,3      |
 |  1998    Mar    |      337 440    |        1 190    |      338 630    |       +1,7      |       -4,3      |
 |          Jun    |      336 163    |        9 526    |      345 689    |       +2,1      |       -1,6      |
 |          Sep    |      334 869    |        9 490    |      344 359    |       -0,4      |       -1,3      |
 |          Dec    |      330 482    |       15 690    |      346 172    |       +0,5      |       +4,0      |
 |  1999    Mar    |      330 750    |       15 947    |      346 697    |       +0,2      |       +2,4      |
 _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________
 Note: As from March 1998, Full-time and Part-time employees are published separately.
 9.3.1.2  Gross salaries and wages
 _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________
 |                 |                                                     |                 |                 |
 |                 |                                                     |   Severance,    |                 |
 |                 |     Gross salaries and wages, except severance,     |  termination    |                 |
 |                 |         termination and redundancy payments         | and redundancy  |      Total      |
 |                 |                                                     |    payments     |                 |
 |                 |                       (R'000)                       |    (R'000)      |     (R'000)     |
 |    Year and     |_____________________________________________________|_________________|_________________|
 |    quarter      |                 |                 |                 |                 |                 |
 |                 |                 |    Percentage   |   Percentage    |                 |                 |
 |                 |      Actual     |      change     |   change from   |     Actual      |      Actual     |
 |                 |                 |  from preceding |  corresponding  |                 |                 |
 |                 |       (1)       |     quarter     |    quarter of   |      (2)        |      (1+2)      |
 |                 |                 |                 |  previous year  |                 |                 |
 |_________________|_________________|_________________|_________________|_________________|_________________|
 |  1996    Jun    |      4 601 951  |      +15,4      |      +21,4      |             ..  |             ..  |
 |          Sep    |      5 057 328  |       +9,9      |      +25,3      |             ..  |             ..  |
 |          Dec    |      5 182 831  |       +2,5      |      +26,3      |             ..  |             ..  |
 |  1997    Mar    |      4 946 681  |       -4,6      |      +24,1      |             ..  |             ..  |
 |          Jun    |      5 615 015  |      +13,5      |      +22,0      |             ..  |             ..  |
 |          Sep    |      5 637 916  |       +0,4      |      +11,5      |             ..  |             ..  |
 |          Dec    |      5 649 991  |       +0,2      |       +9,0      |             ..  |             ..  |
 |  1998    Mar    |      5 988 136  |       +6,0      |      +21,1      |         85 548  |      6 073 684  |
 |          Jun    |      6 743 982  |      +12,6      |      +20,1      |         55 988  |      6 799 970  |
 |          Sep    |      6 197 167  |       -8,1      |       +9,9      |         77 385  |      6 274 552  |
 |          Dec    |      6 879 754  |      +11,0      |      +21,8      |         80 060  |      6 959 814  |
 |  1999    Mar    |      6 352 550  |       -7,7      |       +6,1      |        178 033  |      6 530 583  |
 _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________
 Note: As from March 1998, severance, termination and redundancy payments are published.

 
 9        Community, social and personal services
 9.3      Government sector
 9.3.2    Provinces
 9.3.2.1  Number of employees (salary and wage earners)
 _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________
 |                 |                                                     |                 |                 |
 |                 |                                                     |    Percentage   |   Percentage    |
 |                 |                                                     |      change     |   change from   |
 |                 |                       Actual                        |  from preceding |  corresponding  |
 |    Year and     |                                                     |     quarter     |    quarter of   |
 |    quarter      |                                                     |                 |  previous year  |
 |                 |_____________________________________________________|_________________|_________________|
 |                 |                 |                 |                 |                 |                 |
 |                 |    Full-time    |    Part-time    |      Total      |      Total      |      Total      |
 |                 |                 |                 |                 |                 |                 |
 |_________________|_________________|_________________|_________________|_________________|_________________|
 |  1996    Jun    |           ..    |           ..    |      860 837    |       +1,5      |      +13,1      |
 |          Sep    |           ..    |           ..    |      865 368    |       +0,5      |      +13,1      |
 |          Dec    |           ..    |           ..    |      868 010    |       +0,3      |       +2,2      |
 |  1997    Mar    |           ..    |           ..    |      866 426    |       -0,2      |       +2,1      |
 |          Jun    |           ..    |           ..    |      868 528    |       +0,2      |       +0,9      |
 |          Sep    |           ..    |           ..    |      867 498    |       -0,1      |       +0,2      |
 |          Dec    |           ..    |           ..    |      871 076    |       +0,4      |       +0,4      |
 |  1998    Mar    |      847 264    |       10 504    |      857 768    |       -1,5      |       -1,0      |
 |          Jun    |      830 334    |       47 346    |      877 680    |       +2,3      |       +1,1      |
 |          Sep    |      808 714    |       68 939    |      877 653    |       -0,0      |       +1,2      |
 |          Dec    |      804 006    |       75 924    |      879 930    |       +0,3      |       +1,0      |
 |  1999    Mar    |      790 151    |       88 090    |      878 241    |       -0,2      |       +2,4      |
 _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________
 Note: As from March 1998, Full-time and Part-time employees are published separately.
 9.3.2.2  Gross salaries and wages
 _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________
 |                 |                                                     |                 |                 |
 |                 |                                                     |   Severance,    |                 |
 |                 |     Gross salaries and wages, except severance,     |  termination    |                 |
 |                 |         termination and redundancy payments         | and redundancy  |      Total      |
 |                 |                                                     |    payments     |                 |
 |                 |                       (R'000)                       |    (R'000)      |     (R'000)     |
 |    Year and     |_____________________________________________________|_________________|_________________|
 |    quarter      |                 |                 |                 |                 |                 |
 |                 |                 |    Percentage   |   Percentage    |                 |                 |
 |                 |      Actual     |      change     |   change from   |     Actual      |      Actual     |
 |                 |                 |  from preceding |  corresponding  |                 |                 |
 |                 |       (1)       |     quarter     |    quarter of   |      (2)        |      (1+2)      |
 |                 |                 |                 |  previous year  |                 |                 |
 |_________________|_________________|_________________|_________________|_________________|_________________|
 |  1996    Jun    |     11 108 292  |       +9,8      |      +17,5      |             ..  |             ..  |
 |          Sep    |     11 560 560  |       +4,1      |      +19,1      |             ..  |             ..  |
 |          Dec    |     13 155 595  |      +13,8      |      +28,6      |             ..  |             ..  |
 |  1997    Mar    |     12 628 080  |       -4,0      |      +24,8      |             ..  |             ..  |
 |          Jun    |     12 864 353  |       +1,9      |      +15,8      |             ..  |             ..  |
 |          Sep    |     12 696 027  |       -1,3      |       +9,8      |             ..  |             ..  |
 |          Dec    |     12 479 082  |       -1,7      |       -5,1      |             ..  |             ..  |
 |  1998    Mar    |     12 772 855  |       +2,4      |       +1,1      |              0  |     12 772 855  |
 |          Jun    |     14 612 094  |      +14,4      |      +13,6      |        107 817  |     14 719 911  |
 |          Sep    |     13 745 328  |       -5,9      |       +8,3      |        177 953  |     13 923 281  |
 |          Dec    |     15 300 717  |      +11,3      |      +22,6      |         73 765  |     15 374 482  |
 |  1999    Mar    |     13 593 049  |      -11,2      |       +6,4      |        106 857  |     13 699 906  |
 _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________
 Note: As from March 1998, severance, termination and redundancy payments are published.

 
 9        Community, social and personal services
 9.3      Government sector
 9.3.3    Local governments
 9.3.3.1  Number of employees (salary and wage earners)
 _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________
 |                 |                                                     |                 |                 |
 |                 |                                                     |    Percentage   |   Percentage    |
 |                 |                                                     |      change     |   change from   |
 |                 |                       Actual                        |  from preceding |  corresponding  |
 |    Year and     |                                                     |     quarter     |    quarter of   |
 |    quarter      |                                                     |                 |  previous year  |
 |                 |_____________________________________________________|_________________|_________________|
 |                 |                 |                 |                 |                 |                 |
 |                 |    Full-time    |    Part-time    |      Total      |      Total      |      Total      |
 |                 |                 |                 |                 |                 |                 |
 |_________________|_________________|_________________|_________________|_________________|_________________|
 |  1996    Jun    |           ..    |           ..    |      247 515    |       +1,1      |       +0,3      |
 |          Sep    |           ..    |           ..    |      251 971    |       +1,8      |       +3,0      |
 |          Dec    |           ..    |           ..    |      240 947    |       -4,4      |       -1,7      |
 |  1997    Mar    |           ..    |           ..    |      254 461    |       +5,6      |       +3,9      |
 |          Jun    |           ..    |           ..    |      254 132    |       -0,1      |       +2,7      |
 |          Sep    |           ..    |           ..    |      250 704    |       -1,3      |       -0,5      |
 |          Dec    |           ..    |           ..    |      253 113    |       +1,0      |       +5,0      |
 |  1998    Mar    |      253 487    |        6 796    |      260 283    |       +2,8      |       +2,3      |
 |          Jun    |      235 792    |        7 980    |      243 772    |       -6,3      |       -4,1      |
 |          Sep    |      234 858    |        7 770    |      242 628    |       -0,5      |       -3,2      |
 |          Dec    |      226 675    |        6 708    |      233 383    |       -3,8      |       -7,8      |
 |  1999    Mar    |      224 287    |        7 972    |      232 259    |       -0,5      |      -10,8      |
 _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________
 Note: As from March 1998, Full-time and Part-time employees are published separately.
 9.3.3.2  Gross salaries and wages
 _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________
 |                 |                                                     |                 |                 |
 |                 |                                                     |   Severance,    |                 |
 |                 |     Gross salaries and wages, except severance,     |  termination    |                 |
 |                 |         termination and redundancy payments         | and redundancy  |      Total      |
 |                 |                                                     |    payments     |                 |
 |                 |                       (R'000)                       |    (R'000)      |     (R'000)     |
 |    Year and     |_____________________________________________________|_________________|_________________|
 |    quarter      |                 |                 |                 |                 |                 |
 |                 |                 |    Percentage   |   Percentage    |                 |                 |
 |                 |      Actual     |      change     |   change from   |     Actual      |      Actual     |
 |                 |                 |  from preceding |  corresponding  |                 |                 |
 |                 |       (1)       |     quarter     |    quarter of   |      (2)        |      (1+2)      |
 |                 |                 |                 |  previous year  |                 |                 |
 |_________________|_________________|_________________|_________________|_________________|_________________|
 |  1996    Jun    |      2 647 638  |       +2,1      |       +7,2      |             ..  |             ..  |
 |          Sep    |      2 808 739  |       +6,1      |       +6,9      |             ..  |             ..  |
 |          Dec    |      3 060 649  |       +9,0      |       +4,9      |             ..  |             ..  |
 |  1997    Mar    |      2 946 058  |       -3,7      |      +13,6      |             ..  |             ..  |
 |          Jun    |      2 949 584  |       +0,1      |      +11,4      |             ..  |             ..  |
 |          Sep    |      3 039 630  |       +3,1      |       +8,2      |             ..  |             ..  |
 |          Dec    |      3 209 903  |       +5,6      |       +4,9      |             ..  |             ..  |
 |  1998    Mar    |      3 387 796  |       +5,5      |      +15,0      |         30 583  |      3 418 379  |
 |          Jun    |      3 133 528  |       -7,5      |       +6,2      |         17 894  |      3 151 422  |
 |          Sep    |      3 162 177  |       +0,9      |       +4,0      |         18 687  |      3 180 864  |
 |          Dec    |      3 673 791  |      +16,2      |      +14,5      |         15 077  |      3 688 868  |
 |  1999    Mar    |      3 403 360  |       -7,4      |       +0,5      |         23 390  |      3 426 750  |
 _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________
 Note: As from March 1998, severance, termination and redundancy payments are published.

 
 9        Community, social and personal services
 9.3      Government sector
 9.3.4    Other government institutions
 9.3.4.1  Number of employees (salary and wage earners)
 _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________
 |                 |                                                     |                 |                 |
 |                 |                                                     |    Percentage   |   Percentage    |
 |                 |                                                     |      change     |   change from   |
 |                 |                       Actual                        |  from preceding |  corresponding  |
 |    Year and     |                                                     |     quarter     |    quarter of   |
 |    quarter      |                                                     |                 |  previous year  |
 |                 |_____________________________________________________|_________________|_________________|
 |                 |                 |                 |                 |                 |                 |
 |                 |    Full-time    |    Part-time    |      Total      |      Total      |      Total      |
 |                 |                 |                 |                 |                 |                 |
 |_________________|_________________|_________________|_________________|_________________|_________________|
 |  1996    Jun    |           ..    |           ..    |      114 689    |       +5,6      |       +8,5      |
 |          Sep    |           ..    |           ..    |      113 701    |       -0,9      |       +9,7      |
 |          Dec    |           ..    |           ..    |      110 739    |       -2,6      |       +9,8      |
 |  1997    Mar    |           ..    |           ..    |      108 618    |       -1,9      |       -0,0      |
 |          Jun    |           ..    |           ..    |      109 797    |       +1,1      |       -4,3      |
 |          Sep    |           ..    |           ..    |      108 888    |       -0,8      |       -4,2      |
 |          Dec    |           ..    |           ..    |      107 818    |       -1,0      |       -2,6      |
 |  1998    Mar    |       81 644    |       18 387    |      100 031    |       -7,2      |       -7,9      |
 |          Jun    |       76 857    |       23 332    |      100 189    |       +0,2      |       -8,8      |
 |          Sep    |       75 986    |       23 773    |       99 759    |       -0,4      |       -8,4      |
 |          Dec    |       74 263    |       17 878    |       92 141    |       -7,6      |      -14,5      |
 |  1999    Mar    |       73 761    |       21 156    |       94 917    |       +3,0      |       -5,1      |
 _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________
 Note: As from March 1998, Full-time and Part-time employees are published separately.
 9.3.4.2  Gross salaries and wages
 _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________
 |                 |                                                     |                 |                 |
 |                 |                                                     |   Severance,    |                 |
 |                 |     Gross salaries and wages, except severance,     |  termination    |                 |
 |                 |         termination and redundancy payments         | and redundancy  |      Total      |
 |                 |                                                     |    payments     |                 |
 |                 |                       (R'000)                       |    (R'000)      |     (R'000)     |
 |    Year and     |_____________________________________________________|_________________|_________________|
 |    quarter      |                 |                 |                 |                 |                 |
 |                 |                 |    Percentage   |   Percentage    |                 |                 |
 |                 |      Actual     |      change     |   change from   |     Actual      |      Actual     |
 |                 |                 |  from preceding |  corresponding  |                 |                 |
 |                 |       (1)       |     quarter     |    quarter of   |      (2)        |      (1+2)      |
 |                 |                 |                 |  previous year  |                 |                 |
 |_________________|_________________|_________________|_________________|_________________|_________________|
 |  1996    Jun    |      1 684 512  |      +10,1      |      +13,5      |             ..  |             ..  |
 |          Sep    |      1 700 793  |       +1,0      |      +15,0      |             ..  |             ..  |
 |          Dec    |      1 761 186  |       +3,6      |      +14,1      |             ..  |             ..  |
 |  1997    Mar    |      1 712 533  |       -2,8      |      +11,9      |             ..  |             ..  |
 |          Jun    |      1 816 632  |       +6,1      |       +7,8      |             ..  |             ..  |
 |          Sep    |      1 863 846  |       +2,6      |       +9,6      |             ..  |             ..  |
 |          Dec    |      1 854 974  |       -0,5      |       +5,3      |             ..  |             ..  |
 |  1998    Mar    |      1 693 982  |       -8,7      |       -1,1      |         21 675  |      1 715 657  |
 |          Jun    |      1 745 925  |       +3,1      |       -3,9      |         43 960  |      1 789 885  |
 |          Sep    |      1 801 611  |       +3,2      |       -3,3      |         30 281  |      1 831 892  |
 |          Dec    |      1 861 692  |       +3,3      |       +0,4      |         30 439  |      1 892 131  |
 |  1999    Mar    |      1 815 543  |       -2,5      |       +7,2      |         65 859  |      1 881 402  |
 _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________
 Note: As from March 1998, severance, termination and redundancy payments are published.

 
 9      Community, social and personal services
 9.4    Laundries and dry-cleaning services
 9.4.1  Number of employees (salary and wage earners)
 _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________
 |                 |                                                     |                 |                 |
 |                 |                                                     |    Percentage   |   Percentage    |
 |                 |                                                     |      change     |   change from   |
 |                 |                       Actual                        |  from preceding |  corresponding  |
 |    Year and     |                                                     |     quarter     |    quarter of   |
 |    quarter      |                                                     |                 |  previous year  |
 |                 |_____________________________________________________|_________________|_________________|
 |                 |                 |                 |                 |                 |                 |
 |                 |    Full-time    |    Part-time    |      Total      |      Total      |      Total      |
 |                 |                 |                 |                 |                 |                 |
 |_________________|_________________|_________________|_________________|_________________|_________________|
 |  1996    Jun    |           ..    |           ..    |       14 050    |       -0,6      |       -6,1      |
 |          Sep    |           ..    |           ..    |       13 900    |       -1,1      |       -4,1      |
 |          Dec    |           ..    |           ..    |       13 930    |       +0,2      |       -2,7      |
 |  1997    Mar    |           ..    |           ..    |       12 910    |       -7,3      |       -8,6      |
 |          Jun    |           ..    |           ..    |       12 890    |       -0,2      |       -8,3      |
 |          Sep    |           ..    |           ..    |       12 810    |       -0,6      |       -7,8      |
 |          Dec    |           ..    |           ..    |       12 210    |       -4,7      |      -12,3      |
 |  1998    Mar    |       10 899    |          101    |       11 000    |       -9,9      |      -14,8      |
 |          Jun    |        9 640    |        1 080    |       10 720    |       -2,5      |      -16,8      |
 |          Sep    |        9 659    |          944    |       10 603    |       -1,1      |      -17,2      |
 |          Dec    |        9 884    |        1 019    |       10 903    |       +2,8      |      -10,7      |
 |  1999    Mar    |        9 487    |          991    |       10 478    |       -3,9      |       -4,7      |
 _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________
 Note: As from March 1998, Full-time and Part-time employees are published separately.
 9.4.2  Gross salaries and wages
 _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________
 |                 |                                                     |                 |                 |
 |                 |                                                     |   Severance,    |                 |
 |                 |     Gross salaries and wages, except severance,     |  termination    |                 |
 |                 |         termination and redundancy payments         | and redundancy  |      Total      |
 |                 |                                                     |    payments     |                 |
 |                 |                       (R'000)                       |    (R'000)      |     (R'000)     |
 |    Year and     |_____________________________________________________|_________________|_________________|
 |    quarter      |                 |                 |                 |                 |                 |
 |                 |                 |    Percentage   |   Percentage    |                 |                 |
 |                 |      Actual     |      change     |   change from   |     Actual      |      Actual     |
 |                 |                 |  from preceding |  corresponding  |                 |                 |
 |                 |       (1)       |     quarter     |    quarter of   |      (2)        |      (1+2)      |
 |                 |                 |                 |  previous year  |                 |                 |
 |_________________|_________________|_________________|_________________|_________________|_________________|
 |  1996    Jun    |         51 026  |       -1,6      |      +10,0      |             ..  |             ..  |
 |          Sep    |         51 948  |       +1,8      |       +8,4      |             ..  |             ..  |
 |          Dec    |         53 395  |       +2,8      |       +4,9      |             ..  |             ..  |
 |  1997    Mar    |         51 954  |       -2,7      |       +0,2      |             ..  |             ..  |
 |          Jun    |         55 723  |       +7,3      |       +9,2      |             ..  |             ..  |
 |          Sep    |         54 367  |       -2,4      |       +4,7      |             ..  |             ..  |
 |          Dec    |         54 437  |       +0,1      |       +2,0      |             ..  |             ..  |
 |  1998    Mar    |         60 942  |      +11,9      |      +17,3      |            252  |         61 194  |
 |          Jun    |         62 913  |       +3,2      |      +12,9      |             68  |         62 981  |
 |          Sep    |         61 720  |       -1,9      |      +13,5      |              6  |         61 726  |
 |          Dec    |         70 229  |      +13,8      |      +29,0      |              0  |         70 229  |
 |  1999    Mar    |         66 905  |       -4,7      |       +9,8      |            122  |         67 027  |
 _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________
 Note: As from March 1998, severance, termination and redundancy payments are published.

 
 10   Number of employees and gross salaries and wages according to major industrial groups of manufacturing and
      construction
 ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
 |                                            |                             |                                      |
 |                  Industry                  |     Number of employees     |   Gross salaries and wages (R'000)   |
 |                                            |                             |                                      |
 |____________________________________________|_____________________________|______________________________________|
 |     |                                      |         |         |         |            |            |            |
 | SIC |             Description              |  1998   |  1998   |  1999   |    1998    |    1998    |    1999    |
 |     |                                      |  Mar    |  Dec    |  Mar    |    Mar     |    Dec     |    Mar     |
 |_____|______________________________________|_________|_________|_________|____________|____________|____________|
 |     |                                      |                             |                                      |
 | 3   | MANUFACTURING                        |1 353 173 1 342 064 1 334 436|  14 970 433  18 442 143   16 198 996 |
 |     |                                      |                             |                                      |
 | 30  | Food, beverages and tobacco          |  206 600   201 555   211 232|   2 024 490   2 528 477    2 343 332 |
 |     |                                      |                             |                                      |
 | 301 |    Meat, fish, fruit, vegetables,    |                             |                                      |
 |     |     oils and fats                    |   57 979    55 204    63 177|     408 816     488 804      444 878 |
 | 302 |    Dairy products                    |   24 386    26 888    26 377|     271 848     400 583      351 249 |
 | 303 |    Grain mill products, starches and |                             |                                      |
 |     |     starch products and prepared     |                             |                                      |
 |     |     animal feeds                     |   22 043    20 913    20 564|     214 675     275 843      258 310 |
 | 304 |    Other food products               |   68 146    66 352    65 792|     673 681     793 229      736 476 |
 | 305 |    Beverages                         |   31 255    29 687    32 924|     405 081     512 941      489 017 |
 | 306 |    Tobacco products                  |    2 791     2 511     2 398|      50 389      57 077       63 402 |
 |     |                                      |                             |                                      |
 | 31  | Textiles, clothing and leather       |  217 318   218 730   216 119|   1 342 898   1 834 235    1 495 106 |
 |     |                                      |                             |                                      |
 | 311 |    Spinning, weaving and finishing   |                             |                                      |
 |     |     of textiles                      |   32 094    23 737    23 558|     320 644     362 811      259 463 |
 | 312 |    Other textiles                    |   29 295    27 104    27 123|     228 750     284 249      232 124 |
 | 313 |    Knitted and crocheted fabrics and |                             |                                      |
 |     |     articles                         |   13 541    11 479    11 402|     100 989      95 750       80 963 |
 | 314 |    Wearing apparel, except fur       |                             |                                      |
 |     |    Dressing and dying of fur,        |                             |                                      |
 |     |     articles of fur                  |  114 388   126 620   125 628|     560 573     907 017      788 654 |
 | 316 |    Tanning and dressing of leather,  |                             |                                      |
 |     |     luggage, handbags, saddlery and  |                             |                                      |
 |     |     harness                          |    6 008     6 885     6 813|      33 023      43 334       35 161 |
 | 317 |    Footwear                          |   21 992    22 905    21 595|      98 919     141 074       98 741 |
 |     |                                      |                             |                                      |
 | 32  | Wood, paper, printing and publishing |  173 296   180 954   178 143|   1 685 943   2 113 666    1 992 117 |
 |     |                                      |                             |                                      |
 | 321 |    Sawmilling and planing of wood    |   36 418    44 362    43 350|     175 045     228 758      217 042 |
 | 322 |    Products of wood, cork, straw and |                             |                                      |
 |     |     plaiting materials               |   39 043    37 520    35 190|     222 749     292 252      273 816 |
 | 323 |    Paper and paper products          |   45 351    43 888    43 040|     605 477     704 379      669 072 |
 | 324 |    Publishing                        |   15 957    14 603    14 826|     266 577     272 277      241 981 |
 | 325 |    Printing and service activities   |                             |                                      |
 |     |     related to printing              |   36 186    40 183    41 391|     413 558     611 927      586 153 |
 | 326 |    Reproduction of recorded media    |      341       398       346|       2 537       4 073        4 053 |
 |     |                                      |                             |                                      |
 | 33  | Coke oven products, petroleum        |                             |                                      |
 |     | refineries, nuclear fuel, chemicals  |                             |                                      |
 |     | and chemical products, rubber and    |                             |                                      |
 |     | plastic products                     |  184 730   184 619   178 682|   2 773 768   3 562 075    3 089 606 |
 |     |                                      |                             |                                      |
 | 331 |    Coke oven products                |    1 821     2 252     2 080|      25 281      37 805       38 339 |
 | 332 |    Petroleum refineries or           |                             |                                      |
 |     |     synthesisers                     |   16 010    13 379    12 640|     488 697     451 566      446 960 |
 | 334 |    Basic chemicals                   |   29 270    27 727    27 194|     589 292     712 131      679 628 |
 | 335 |    Other chemical products           |                             |                                      |
 |     |    Man-made fibres                   |   66 558    68 342    68 960|   1 001 294   1 389 746    1 218 225 |
 | 337 |    Rubber products                   |   14 774    15 052    14 356|     148 763     215 538      154 437 |
 | 338 |    Plastic products                  |   56 297    57 867    53 452|     520 441     755 289      552 017 |
 |     |                                      |                             |                                      |
 | 34  | Non-metallic mineral products        |   59 942    54 062    51 034|     642 032     703 241      608 146 |
 |     |                                      |                             |                                      |
 | 341 |    Glass and glass products          |    8 521     8 301     7 671|     145 415     156 496      122 070 |
 | 342 |    Non-metallic mineral products     |                             |                                      |
 |     |     n.e.c.                           |   51 421    45 761    43 363|     496 617     546 745      486 076 |
 |     |                                      |                             |                                      |
 |     |                                      |                             |                                      |
 |     |                                      |                             |                                      |
 |     |                                      |                             |                                      |
 |_________________________________________________________________________________________________________________|
 10   Number of employees and gross salaries and wages according to major industrial groups of manufacturing and
      construction
 ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
 |                                            |                             |                                      |
 |                  Industry                  |     Number of employees     |   Gross salaries and wages (R'000)   |
 |                                            |                             |                                      |
 |____________________________________________|_____________________________|______________________________________|
 |     |                                      |         |         |         |            |            |            |
 | SIC |             Description              |  1998   |  1998   |  1999   |    1998    |    1998    |    1999    |
 |     |                                      |  Mar    |  Dec    |  Mar    |    Mar     |    Dec     |    Mar     |
 |_____|______________________________________|_________|_________|_________|____________|____________|____________|
 |     |                                      |                             |                                      |
 | 35  | Basic metals, metal products and     |                             |                                      |
 |     | machinery                            |  257 100   248 675   246 928|   3 513 246   3 956 746    3 604 887 |
 |     |                                      |                             |                                      |
 | 351 |    Basic iron and steel              |   50 438    45 663    46 264|   1 023 784     981 036    1 001 871 |
 | 352 |    Basic precious and non-ferrous    |                             |                                      |
 |     |     metals                           |   15 563    15 139    15 104|     304 330     300 551      299 638 |
 | 354 |    Casting of metals                 |                             |                                      |
 |     |    Structural metal products, tanks, |                             |                                      |
 |     |     reservoirs and steam generators  |   50 255    48 481    51 144|     555 240     618 323      568 176 |
 | 355 |    Other fabricated metal products,  |                             |                                      |
 |     |     metalwork service activities     |   67 314    65 071    58 538|     684 105     832 022      634 554 |
 | 356 |    General purpose machinery         |   26 731    26 205    25 953|     344 125     452 940      372 470 |
 | 357 |    Special purpose machinery         |   36 025    38 408    38 856|     530 682     689 207      647 953 |
 | 358 |    Household appliances n.e.c.       |    9 565     8 734    10 056|      61 729      75 709       74 460 |
 | 359 |    Office, accounting and computing  |                             |                                      |
 |     |     machinery                        |    1 209       974     1 013|       9 251       6 958        5 765 |
 |     |                                      |                             |                                      |
 | 36  | Electrical machinery                 |   79 681    76 086    75 621|   1 057 767   1 220 742    1 076 369 |
 |     |                                      |                             |                                      |
 | 361 |    Electric motors, generators and   |                             |                                      |
 |     |     transformers                     |    8 278     9 391     9 231|     101 277     146 050      150 571 |
 | 362 |    Electricity distribution and      |                             |                                      |
 |     |     control apparatus                |    7 408     6 900     6 569|      95 499     105 165       95 879 |
 | 363 |    Insulated wire and cable          |   10 339     9 768     9 779|     134 721     152 399      140 181 |
 | 364 |    Accumulators, primary cells and   |                             |                                      |
 |     |     primary batteries                |    3 347     4 180     4 321|      44 480      74 286       65 074 |
 | 365 |    Electric lamps and lighting       |                             |                                      |
 |     |     equipment                        |    1 579     1 351     1 321|      11 272      16 777       12 122 |
 | 366 |    Other electrical equipment n.e.c. |   48 730    44 496    44 400|     670 518     726 065      612 542 |
 |     |                                      |                             |                                      |
 | 37  | Professional equipment               |   24 492    23 827    24 320|     326 370     418 969      329 045 |
 |     |                                      |                             |                                      |
 | 373 |    Electronic valves and tubes and   |                             |                                      |
 |     |     other electronic components      |                             |                                      |
 |     |    Television and radio transmitters |                             |                                      |
 |     |     and apparatus for line telephony |                             |                                      |
 |     |     and line telegraphy              |                             |                                      |
 |     |    Television and radio receivers,   |                             |                                      |
 |     |     sound or video recording or      |                             |                                      |
 |     |     reproducing apparatus and        |                             |                                      |
 |     |     associated goods                 |   18 919    17 984    18 414|     265 702     349 725      270 105 |
 | 374 |    Medical appliances, instruments   |                             |                                      |
 |     |     and appliances for measuring,    |                             |                                      |
 |     |     checking, testing, navigating    |                             |                                      |
 |     |     and other purposes, except       |                             |                                      |
 |     |     optical instruments              |    4 156     4 449     4 565|      46 603      55 396       45 953 |
 | 375 |    Optical instruments and photo-    |                             |                                      |
 |     |     graphic equipment                |                             |                                      |
 |     |    Watches and clocks                |    1 417     1 394     1 341|      14 065      13 848       12 987 |
 |     |                                      |                             |                                      |
 | 38  | Transport equipment                  |   88 445    86 112    88 117|   1 154 263   1 511 537    1 191 109 |
 |     |                                      |                             |                                      |
 | 381 |    Motor vehicles                    |   33 691    31 901    32 049|     526 685     700 064      525 573 |
 | 382 |    Bodies for motor vehicles,        |                             |                                      |
 |     |     trailers and semi-trailers       |    7 438     8 942     9 154|      95 163     129 596      113 302 |
 | 383 |    Parts and accessories for motor   |                             |                                      |
 |     |     vehicles and their engines       |   36 292    34 572    36 105|     335 292     506 827      402 883 |
 | 384 |    Building and repairing of ships   |                             |                                      |
 |     |     and boats                        |    2 682     2 762     2 490|      30 903      29 999       25 927 |
 | 385 |    Railway and tramway locomotives   |                             |                                      |
 |     |     and rolling stock                |    2 858     2 822     3 104|      52 006      58 652       51 847 |
 | 386 |    Aircraft and spacecraft           |    5 049     4 057     4 108|     111 850      76 844       64 662 |
 | 387 |    Transport equipment n.e.c.        |      435     1 056     1 107|       2 364       9 555        6 915 |
 |_________________________________________________________________________________________________________________|
 10   Number of employees and gross salaries and wages according to major industrial groups of manufacturing and
      construction
 ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
 |                                            |                             |                                      |
 |                  Industry                  |     Number of employees     |   Gross salaries and wages (R'000)   |
 |                                            |                             |                                      |
 |____________________________________________|_____________________________|______________________________________|
 |     |                                      |         |         |         |            |            |            |
 | SIC |             Description              |  1998   |  1998   |  1999   |    1998    |    1998    |    1999    |
 |     |                                      |  Mar    |  Dec    |  Mar    |    Mar     |    Dec     |    Mar     |
 |_____|______________________________________|_________|_________|_________|____________|____________|____________|
 |     |                                      |                             |                                      |
 | 39  | Furniture, manufacturing and re-     |                             |                                      |
 |     | cycling n.e.c.                       |   61 569    67 444    64 240|     449 656     592 455      469 279 |
 |     |                                      |                             |                                      |
 | 391 |    Furniture                         |   41 738    47 398    44 631|     304 843     417 683      319 082 |
 | 392 |    Manufacturing n.e.c.              |   18 855    19 243    18 759|     139 950     168 571      145 273 |
 | 395 |    Recycling n.e.c.                  |      976       803       850|       4 863       6 201        4 924 |
 |     |                                      |                             |                                      |
 | 5   | CONSTRUCTION                         |  297 016   255 220   248 813|   1 950 297   2 348 921    1 921 908 |
 |     |                                      |                             |                                      |
 | 501 | Site preparation                     |   11 811    11 978    12 945|      99 994     123 788      119 775 |
 | 502 | Building of complete constructions   |                             |                                      |
 |     |  or parts thereof, civil engineering |  234 465   194 796   185 820|   1 488 868   1 780 527    1 418 201 |
 | 503 | Building installation                |   35 796    34 952    36 709|     278 375     347 970      287 310 |
 | 504 | Building completion                  |   11 862     9 927     9 157|      64 075      66 724       57 705 |
 | 505 | Renting of construction/demolition   |                             |                                      |
 |     |  equipment with operators            |    3 082     3 567     4 182|      18 985      29 912       38 917 |
 |_________________________________________________________________________________________________________________|
 Note: SIC 315 is included with 314
       SIC 336 is included with 335
       SIC 353 is included with 354
       SIC 371 and 372 are included with 373
       SIC 376 is included with 375

 
 11    Labour turnover
 11.1  Percentage of employees appointed during quarter
 __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
 |                                     |                                                                          |
 |                                     |                             Year and quarter                             |
 |              Industry               |__________________________________________________________________________|
 |                                     |              |              |              |              |              |
 |                                     |     1998     |     1998     |     1998     |     1998     |     1999     |
 |                                     |     Mar      |     Jun      |     Sep      |     Dec      |     Mar      |
 |_____________________________________|______________|______________|______________|______________|______________|
 |                                     |                                                                          |
 | Total                               |       4,3            3,3            3,5            3,8            4,5    |
 | Mining and quarrying                |        ..             ..             ..             ..             ..    |
 |    Gold                             |        ..             ..             ..             ..             ..    |
 |    Non-gold                         |        ..             ..             ..             ..             ..    |
 | Manufacturing                       |       4,6            3,6            4,7            4,0            4,3    |
 | Electricity                         |       1,3            0,6            0,6            0,8            1,3    |
 | Construction                        |      12,2           10,7           12,7            7,9           12,1    |
 | Wholesale, retail and motor trade   |                                                                          |
 |  and catering and accomodation      |                                                                          |
 |  services                           |       3,5            3,9            3,8            8,4            7,0    |
 | Transport, storage and communication|       1,1            1,6            1,6            1,3            1,6    |
 | Financial institutions              |       3,7            5,1            4,4            3,0            4,2    |
 | Community, social and personal      |                                                                          |
 |  services                           |       4,9            2,3            2,0            2,0            3,9    |
 |________________________________________________________________________________________________________________|
 11.2  Percentage of employees who left during quarter
 __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
 |                                     |                                                                          |
 |                                     |                             Year and quarter                             |
 |              Industry               |__________________________________________________________________________|
 |                                     |              |              |              |              |              |
 |                                     |     1998     |     1998     |     1998     |     1998     |     1999     |
 |                                     |     Mar      |     Jun      |     Sep      |     Dec      |     Mar      |
 |_____________________________________|______________|______________|______________|______________|______________|
 |                                     |                                                                          |
 | Total                               |       4,0            4,6            3,8            4,8            5,2    |
 | Mining and quarrying                |        ..             ..             ..             ..             ..    |
 |    Gold                             |        ..             ..             ..             ..             ..    |
 |    Non-gold                         |        ..             ..             ..             ..             ..    |
 | Manufacturing                       |       4,6            5,5            4,8            5,8            6,1    |
 | Electricity                         |       1,9            2,4            1,9            2,2            2,2    |
 | Construction                        |       9,0            9,8            9,0           11,3           13,2    |
 | Wholesale, retail and motor trade   |                                                                          |
 |  and catering and accomodation      |                                                                          |
 |  services                           |       4,5            3,8            3,8            4,5            5,0    |
 | Transport, storage and communication|       2,4            1,7            2,0            1,7            2,6    |
 | Financial institutions              |       4,8            4,6            4,5            4,0            5,8    |
 | Community, social and personal      |                                                                          |
 |  services                           |       3,8            5,1            3,3            5,0            5,0    |
 |________________________________________________________________________________________________________________|



Explanatory notes

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Scope of the survey

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Classification

 

 

 

 

 

Statistical unit

Survey methodology and design eliability of estimates

Historical series

Related publications

Unpublished statistics

Pre-release policy

Symbols and abbreviations

This publication contains results of the quarterly Survey of Total Employment and Earnings (STEE) which was conducted in March 1999. The survey is designed to obtain information regarding -

  • the total number of full-time and part-time employees who received pay for any part of the last pay period ending on or before the last day of the reference quarter;
  • the total number of employees who commenced working for the business/organisation during the reference quarter;
  • the number of employees who left the business/organisation during the reference quarter;
  • total gross salaries and wages paid during the reference quarter; and
  • total severance, termination and redundancy payments paid during the reference quarter.

This survey together with the Survey of Average Monthly Earnings (AME) replaces the previous discrete labour surveys.

All employees (wage and salary earners) in the Mining and Quarrying, Manufacturing, Construction, Electricity, Wholesale trade, Retail trade and Motor trade, Hotels and Transport industries, National Departments, Provincial Administrations, Local Governments, Public Corporations, Parastatal Institutions, Universities and Technikons, Banking Institutions and Building Societies and Insurance Companies are included in the survey, except -

  • directors who are not paid a salary;
  • self-employed persons such as subcontractors, owners and consultants;
  • any employees who do not receive pay for the reference period; and
  • employees based in South Africa but paid from overseas (e.g. embassy employees).

Data on the former TBVC states are included in the major industrial sectors.

Mining and quarrying

Since January 1994 information regarding mining and quarrying activities of the former TBVC states are included in this industry. The total employment in the TBVC states for January 1994 amounted to approximately 9,0% of the total employment of the mining and quarrying industry.

Manufacturing, construction and electricity

As from January 1996, information regarding the manufacturing, construction and electricity industries includes particulars of the former TBVC states. According to information at the disposal of Stats SA for March 1996, the contribution of the former TBVC states amounted to 5,8%, 0,1% and 1,9% of the total employment of the manufacturing, construction and electricity industries respectively.

Wholesale, retail and motor trade and catering and accommodation services

In the case of the wholesale, retail and motor trade industries, information regarding these activities of the former TBVC states is included as from the first quarter of 1996. Information available to Stats SA indicates that for March 1996 the total employment of the TBVC states regarding these industries amounted to 0,1% of the total employment for the wholesale trade industry, 1,0% of the total employment for the retail trade industry and 0,7% of the total employment for the motor trade industry. For the hotels industry, data on the former TBVC states are included as from the first quarter of 1995. The total employment in the TBVC states for March 1995 amounted to approximately 16,0% of the total employment for the hotels industry.

Transport, Storage and Communication

Information regarding these activities of the former TBVC states is not yet available.

Banking Institutions, Building Societies and Insurance Companies

For the Banking Institutions, Building Societies and Insurance Companies, information of the former TBVC states is included as from the first quarter of 1995. The total employment in these states for March 1995 amounted to approximately 1,0% of the total employment for the financial industry.

Community, Social and Personal services

As from the second quarter of 1994, information regarding the public sector includes information of the governments and the local governments of the former TBVC states. The total employment in these states for June 1994 amounted to approximately 12,0% of the total employment for the public sector. As from the first quarter of 1996 the information regarding the universities of the former TBVC states are included in the public sector. The total employment for universities in these states for March 1996 amounted to approximately 11,0% of the total employment for the universities.

This publication presents information classified by industry. Each statistical unit is classified to an industry which reflects the predominant activity of the enterprise (firm) or establishment (branch). In a small number of cases where an enterprise (firm) has a significant number of employees in more than one industry, a separate statistical unit is created for each industry. Periodically, a review is undertaken to determine whether existing enterprises (firms) which are split into separate statistical units should continue to report on this basis.

The 1993 edition of the Standard Industrial Classification of all Economic Activities (SIC), Fifth Edition, Report No. 09-90-02, was used to classify the statistical units in the survey. The SIC is based on the 1990 International Standard Industrial Classification of all Economic Activities (ISIC) with suitable adaptations for local conditions. Statistics in this publication are presented at SIC division level only.

The survey covers all activities of an employer. In the Construction, Wholesale trade, Retail trade, Motor trade, Transport and Financial Institutions industries, information is obtained from enterprises (firms). Therefore, the enterprise (firm) is the statistical unit in these cases. In all other industries information is obtained from establishments (branches). Therefore, the establishment (branch) is the statistical unit in these cases. An enterprise (firm) is a legal entity consisting of one or more establishments (branches including the head office, excluding holding or subsidiary companies). An establishment (branch) is the smallest economic unit that functions as a separate entity. Each statistical unit is classified to an industry: see paragraphs 4 and 5 for more information regarding classification by industry.

 

 

This survey is collected by mail each quarter from a sample of approximately 9 000 employer units. Information regarding Government Departments and Provincial Administrations is collected electronically from PERSAL.

Private sector as well as Local Governments statistical units are stratified by industry. Furthermore, statistical units for the Manufacturing, Construction, Transport and Local Government industries are stratified by employment size. Statistical units for the Wholesale trade, Retail trade and Motor trade industries are stratified by turnover. Statistical units for Hotels are stratified by star grading. The Public sector and the Financial Institutions industry’s statistical units are completely enumerated. All size category 1 (large enterprises/establishments) cases are completely enumerated. A probability proportional to size sample is selected from size categories 2 (medium enterprises/establishments) and 3 (small enterprises/establishments).

Estimates are subject to sampling and non-sampling errors. Figures for the latest quarter are preliminary.

Data were previously published in the following statistical releases:

P0200 Labour statistics - Employment, salaries and wages (Summary).

P0242.1 Labour statistics - Employment, salaries and wages: Mining

and Quarrying, Manufacturing, Construction and Electricity.

P0244 Labour statistics - Employment, salaries and wages: Wholesale

trade, Retail trade, Motor trade and Hotels.

P0251 Labour statistics - Employment, salaries and wages: Public sector.

P0262 Labour statistics - Employment, salaries and wages: Banking

institutions, Building societies and Insurance companies.

Users may also wish to refer to the following publications which are available from Stats SA:

  • Bulletin of Statistics
  • SA Labour Statistics
  • SA Statistics

In some cases Stats SA can also make available statistics which is not published. The statistics can be made available in one or more of the following ways: computer printout or diskette. Generally a charge is made for providing unpublished statistics.

Stats SA has adopted the confidential pre-release policy in respect of selected economic indicators and specific government departments. The policy accords with practice among leading statistical agencies. The statistical integrity of the indices and strict observance of the release time has been assured by the following procedure:

In respect of this statistical release, an official representative from the Office of the President, the Deputy President, the Department of Finance, the South African Reserve Bank and the Department of Trade and Industry will receive a copy of the release on a strictly confidential basis two hours in advance of the public issue.

Stats SA’s pre-release policy may be inspected at its Website, www.statssa.gov.za.

 

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Technical notes

Response rates See the response rates for March 1999, by industry, in table A. 

Table A – Response rates

 

Industry

% response

 

Manufacturing

Electricity

Construction

Wholesale, retail and motor trades and catering and accommodation services

Transport, storage and communication

Financial institutions

Community, social and personal services

71,7

100,0

66,4

79,4

70,0

83,8

91,1

 

Total

 

74,8

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Glossary

Number of employees

 

 

 

Full-time employees

 

 

 

Part-time employees

 

 

Gross salaries and wages

 

 

 

Severance, termination and

redundancy payments

 

 

Labour turnover

 

 

Industry

 

 

Reference quarter

The number of employees are the number of people employed by the business/organisation who received pay (in salaries, wages, commission, piece rates or payments in kind) for any part of the reference period (excluding independent contractors).

Full-time employees are those (permanent, temporary and casual) employees who normally work the agreed number of hours for a full-time employee in their occupation or, if the agreed number of hours does not apply, who normally work 35 hours or more per week.

Part-time employees are those (permanent, temporary or casual) who are not full-time employees as defined above or work less than 35 hours per week.

Gross salaries and wages refers to earnings paid for ordinary-time, standard or agreed hours and overtime hours during the reference period for all permanent, temporary, casual, managerial and executive employees before taxation and other deductions.

Severance, termination and redundancy payments include payments of leave made to employees who finished work during the reference period as well as payments intended to compensate for loss of employment.

The number of employees appointed to or who left their employing business/organisation during the reference quarter, expressed as a percentage of the total number of employees in the reference quarter.

Industry is classified according to the Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) of all Economic Activities, Fifth Edition, Report No. 09-90-02 of January 1993.

Reference quarter for the survey refers to the three months up to the end of March, June, September or December. The reference quarter for this survey was 1 January 1999 to 31 March 1999.

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