Cape Town Mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis says the Western Cape capital has added 418 000 jobs over the current local government term, which he says is more than the next four largest metros – Johannesburg, eThekwini, Tshwane and Ekurhuleni – combined.
He says Cape Town also has the lowest broad unemployment rate – 11 percentage points lower than the next metro, at 24.3% – with this indicator including both the unemployed and those not actively job-searching.
Hill-Lewis’ comments follow the release of Statistics South Africa’s (StatsSA’s) most recent Quarterly Labour Force Survey (QLFS) data.
Cape Town now accounts for nearly 50% of all jobs added across the eight metros over the current term of local office, encompassing StatsSA’s QLFS Q1 2022 to Q2 2026, at 418 000 jobs out of a total of 841 000 jobs.
Compared with the Gauteng metros, Cape Town added 6.4 jobs for every one job added in Joburg, and more than four jobs for every one job added in Tshwane and Ekurhuleni.
