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Report-00-80-01April2020
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Figure 3
– Trading status of businesses (cumulative % shown on horizontal axis)

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Workforce implications
The full impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on employment will be determined overtime employment tends to be a lagging economic indicator. Particularly vulnerable are workers with underlying health conditions and those more sensitive to labour market conditions, e.g. construction workers. Businesses were requested to indicate their expectations with regard to changes in workforce size due to the pandemic
– see Figure 4.


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Forestry & Fishing
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Continuing to trade at full capacity
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STATISTICS SOUTH AFRICA 5 Business impact survey of the COVID-19 pandemic in South Africa, April 2020
Figure 4
– Expected changes to workforce size in the two weeks after the reference period

Results from the survey indicate that 50,4% of businesses expected their workforce size to stay the same over the two weeks after the reference period, 36,8% reported that their workforce size is expected to decrease,
12,4% were not sure, and 0,4% expected their workforce size to increase. Businesses were also requested to indicate what measures were taken to cope with the impact of COVID-19 on their workforce, illustrated in Figure 5.

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