In the South African Labour Market

J April 2010 ? March 2011

Job Opportunities and Unemployment

in the South African Labour Market

Vacancies

Job Opportunities and Unemployment in the South African Labour Market

April 2010 ? March 2011

Contributors

Editor-in-Chief: Setsomi Molapo Editor: Abrahams Mutedi

Author: Edzani Netshifhefhe

Publisher

Department of Labour Chief Directorate of Communication

Private Bag X117 Pretoria 0001

Editing, Layout and Design, Photography and Distribution

Subdirectorate of Media Production Design Studio (Jozann Germishuys), Directorate of Communication, Department of Labour

Printer

Government Printing Works

ISBN No

978-0-621-40314-5

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Table of contents

List of figures

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List of tables

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Introduction

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1. Overview of the labour force trends in South Africa

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1.1. Labour Market Information based on survey data

4

1.2. Labour Market Information based on administrative data

9

2. Trend analysis of job vacancies

15

2.1. Job vacancies by Organising Framework of Occupation (OFO)

15

2.2. Job vacancies by industry (Standard Industrial Classification)

21

3. Conclusion

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3.1. Policy implications to address the challenge of job creation

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4. Annexure

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List of figures

Figure 1: Total number of employed people, 2010/2011

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Figure 2: Total number of unemployed people, 2010/2011

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Figure 3: Unemployment level by age group, 2010/2011

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Figure 4: Ordinary unemployment claimants by age group, 2010/ 2011

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Figure 5: Educational level of ordinary unemployment claimants: 2010/2011

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Figure 6: Reasons for termination in commercial employment: 2008/09 to 2010/11

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Figure 7: Growth in the number of commercial employees: April 2010 to March 2011

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Figure 8: Growth in the number of domestic employees: April 2010 to March 2011

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Figure 9: Total number of job vacancies in the financial year 2010/11

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Figure 10: Employment type of vacancies advertised in the financial year 2010/11

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Figure 11: Distribution of vacancies per provincial office, 2010/11

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Figure 12: Quarterly number of vacancies by occupational group, 2010/11

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Figure 13: Proportion of vacancies by educational qualification required

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List of tables

Table 1: Employment by occupation (`000)

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Table 2: Educational level of the unemployed (`000)

6

Table 3: Number of ordinary claims created by province 2008/09 to 2010/11

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Table 4: Number of terminated workers by industry, 2008/09 to 2010/11

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Table 5: Number of job vacancies by industry 2010/11

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