Employment levels fell in the first quarter of 2017, though mining and construction both showed increased. Employment decreased by 48000 jobs in the first quarter compared with the previous quarter, from 9.692-million in December 2016 to 9.644-million in March 2017, Statistics SA’s quarterly employment statistics report showed on Tuesday. This biggest drops came from trade, which shed 32,000 jobs, and business services, which shed 23,000 jobs. Despite the drop, there were 12,000 mores jobs in construction and 8,000 more in mining.
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