National and Regional Economically Active Populations Profiles - CEE Report 2017
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National and Regional Economically Active Populations Profiles - CEE Report 2017
The workforce distribution reflects the Quarterly Labour Force Survey (QLFS) conducted and published by Statistics South Africa on the Economically Active Population (EAP). The EAP includes people between the ages 15 to 64 years of age who are either employed or unemployed and who are seeking employment. The EAP is used as a benchmark to assist employers in the analysis of their workforce to determine the degree of under-representation of the designated groups. The benchmark furthermore guides employers in the setting of self-imposed numerical goals and targets towards achieving an equitable and representative workforce.
Section 15 of the EEA requires designated employers to implement affirmative action measures ‘designed to ensure that suitability qualified people from designated groups have equal opportunities to employment and are equitably represented in all occupational levels in the workforce of a designated employer’. Employers are required to use both the National and Provincial EAP (outlined below in Tables 1 and 2) as a guide, together with an evaluation of the suitably qualified available labour pool.
NATIONAL EAP BY POPULATION GROUP AND GENDER
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TABLE 1: NATIONAL EAP BY POPULATION GROUP AND GENDER |
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Population Group |
Male |
Female |
Total |
| African | 42.8% | 35.1% | 78.0% |
| Coloured | 5.3% | 4.5% | 9.8% |
| Indian | 1.8% | 1.0% | 2.8% |
| White | 5.3% | 4.2% | 9.5% |
| TOTAL | 55.2% | 44.8% | 100.0% |
Source: Statistics South Africa, (QLFS 3rd Quarter, 2016)
PROVINCIAL EAP BY POPULATION GROUP AND GENDER
Source: Statistics South Africa, (QLFS 3rd Quarter, 2016)
| TABLE 2: PROVINCIAL EAP BY POPULATION GROUP AND GENDER | ||||||
| Gender | African | Coloured | Indian | White | Total | |
| Eastern Cape | Male | 43.20% | 5.90% | 0.10% | 3.00% | 52.30% |
| Female | 39.80% | 5.50% | 0.10% | 2.40% | 47.70% | |
| TOTAL | 83.00% | 11.50% | 0.20% | 5.40% | 100.00% | |
| Free State | Male | 49.60% | 0.70% | 0.40% | 3.70% | 54.30% |
| Female | 41.50% | 1.30% | 0.10% | 2.70% | 45.70% | |
| TOTAL | 91.10% | 2.00% | 0.50% | 6.40% | 100.00% | |
| Gauteng | Male | 44.80% | 1.70% | 1.80% | 7.90% | 56.10% |
| Female | 35.20% | 1.30% | 1.10% | 6.30% | 43.90% | |
| TOTAL | 80.00% | 3.00% | 2.90% | 14.20% | 100.00% | |
| KwaZulu-Natal | Male | 43.20% | 0.60% | 6.80% | 2.30% | 52.90% |
| Female | 41.10% | 0.40% | 3.80% | 1.80% | 47.10% | |
| TOTAL | 84.30% | 1.10% | 10.60% | 4.00% | 100.00% | |
| Limpopo | Male | 53.10% | 0.20% | 0.40% | 2.10% | 55.70% |
| Female | 43.00% | 0.10% | 0.10% | 1.00% | 44.30% | |
| TOTAL | 96.00% | 0.30% | 0.50% | 3.10% | 100.00% | |
| Mpumalanga | Male | 51.00% | 0.20% | 0.60% | 3.50% | 55.30% |
| Female | 42.10% | 0.10% | 0.10% | 2.50% | 44.70% | |
| TOTAL | 93.10% | 0.30% | 0.70% | 6.00% | 100.00% | |
| North West | Male | 56.40% | 0.50% | 0.10% | 3.60% | 60.60% |
| Female | 35.90% | 0.30% | 0.20% | 2.90% | 39.40% | |
| TOTAL | 92.30% | 0.80% | 0.30% | 6.50% | 100.00% | |
| Northern Cape | Male | 29.80% | 21.30% | 0.20% | 6.20% | 57.60% |
| Female | 20.60% | 17.30% | 0.20% | 4.40% | 42.40% | |
| TOTAL | 50.40% | 38.60% | 0.40% | 10.60% | 100.00% | |
| Western Cape | Male | 19.90% | 26.20% | 0.40% | 8.20% | 54.70% |
| Female | 16.10% | 22.50% | 0.10% | 6.60% | 45.30% | |
| TOTAL | 36.00% | 48.70% | 0.50% | 14.90% | 100.00% | |
Graphic Charts
National EAP
Regional EAP's
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