The construction industry has shed 140 000 jobs between Quarter 1 and Quarter 3 of 2017 according to the latest Quarter Labour Force Survey. According to Ntando Skosana, Project Manager for Monitoring and Evaluation at the Construction Industry Development Board (cidb) these job losses are a reflection of the pressure that the construction industry is under. The job losses are also reflected by the Stats SA GDP statistics that recorded that the construction industry contracted by 0.8% and 0.5% quarter-on-quarter in 2017Q1 and 2017Q2 respectively. While the construction industry has contributed to employment by creating 184 000 jobs over the long term, from the period 2008Q1 to 2017Q3 the increasing unemployment rate in the country reflects that the contribution to employment in construction and other industries has not been enough to accommodate the new entrants in the labour force and the long term unemployed. The cidb/BER employment index for both General Building and Civil Engineering has remained negative since 2008, reflecting that more employers are letting go of staff than employing additional staff.
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