Fact-A-Day Archive

South African adults employed in private enterprises work on average 46 hours per week. This is 6 hours more per… Read More

In Q2:2014, there were 5.2 million unemployed adults in South Africa. 43% of them have been looking for a job… Read More

In the second quarter of 2014, 79% of employers (employing one or more employees) were men. (LFS 2014 Q2) This… Read More

24% of employed adults in South Africa are members of a trade union. Mining and quarrying are the most unionised… Read More

There are 7.58 million adults in South Africa who are either unemployed or discouraged job seekers. Half of them (50%)… Read More

Food accounts for 40% of total expenditure on average in households that have a per capita income of less than… Read More