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One hundred thousand jobs lost in leading sectors

One hundred thousand jobs lost in leading sectors

Written by Petrus Muronga on 27 May 2017.

WINDHOEK, 27 MAY (NAMPA) – One hundred and two thousand, three hundred and twenty (102 320) workers in Namibia’s biggest employment contributing sectors of agriculture, forestry, and fishing wholesale and retail, lost their jobs between 2014 and 2016.
This is revealed in the Namibia Statistics Agency (NSA) highlights of the 2016 Labour Force Survey (LFS) report released Wednesday.
The survey, carried out from October to November 2016, shows 70 890 people employed in the agriculture, forestry and fishing sec ...

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