
Number of people employed in manufacturing in South Africa Q1 2020, by region
In the first quarter of 2020, approximately 616 thousand South Africans residing in Gauteng were working in the manufacturing industry, marking a year-on-year change of minus 4 thousand people employed. The states of KwaZulu-Natal and Western Cape also revealed high numbers of people employed within the industry, at 324 thousand and 309 thousand, respectively.