Poor black women most affected by 3 millions jobs lost between February and April

Johannesburg - The latest National Income Dynamics Study Coronavirus Rapid Mobile Survey has found 2 million women lost their jobs between February to April this year, and most of the affected were already "disadvantaged" black women.

The survey found that a majority of those who lost their jobs were already "disadvantaged" people and two out of three of those that lost their job was a woman. “Job losses were disproportionately concentrated among the already disadvantaged groups in the labour market,” the survey noted. “Of the approximately 3 million net job losses between February and April, women accounted for 2 million, even though in February they only accounted for less than half of the workforce.

The survey also said many of those who had lost their jobs lived in households where at least one other person received a grant in the form of child support or an old-age pension. Researchers said the month of April was seen as the peak for the Covid-19 lockdown, as it had the most industries that were restricted from working and forced to close down after the government instituted a stringent level 5 lockdown.

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