Joburg still has most number of manufacturing jobs -StatsSA
The City of Johannesburg had the highest number of jobs in the manufacturing industry in 2021, accounting for 17,2% of the national total.
Statistics South Africa released its latest data on Monday morning.
The latest data showed that the manufacturing industry was mainly concentrated in Johannesburg, Ekurhuleni, Cape Town and eThekwini.
StatsSA's Joe de Beer says although the four cities accounted for 60% of the national workforce in 2021, Johannesburg had the highest number of jobs.
"Gauteng, as an economic hub, recorded the highest income from sales in 2021, which was R974 billion (41,6%). Gauteng, Western Cape and KwaZulu-Natal contributed 77,7% to total income from sales. The three provinces had a combined income of R1,8 trillion in 2021.”
The report also gives insight into which areas contributed more to total income from sales.
The top 10 districts or metros contributed 80,2% (or R1,9 trillion) to total income from sales, with Ekurhuleni having the highest income from sales (R346,4 billion or 14,8%), followed by City of Johannesburg (R336,7 billion or 14,4%), City of Cape Town (R328,0 billion or 14,0%) and eThekwini (R271,2 billion or 11,6%),"
The top 10 products manufactured in South Africa were diesel, fuel, automotive, medium passenger motor vehicles, light commercial vehicles, unleaded petrol, 95 octane petrol, and lager beer.
The data also shows that 309 000 jobs have been lost in the manufacturing industry since 2005.
"In 2021, South Africa had over a million jobs (1 092 000) in the manufacturing sector compared with 1 401 000 jobs in 2005. Over the same period, the contribution of manufacturing to the gross domestic product (GDP) declined from 19,1% in 2005 to 13,2% in 2021.
“The manufacturing sector has seen fluctuations in employment over time affecting textiles and clothing, metals and machinery, wood, paper and publishing and furniture and other manufacturing,” said De Beer.
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