# The Minister of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development Thoko Didiza says she is pleased with the agricultural sector’s positive contribution to the creation of employment in the country. The latest Quarterly Labour Force Survey data shows that the agricultural sector has once again created new jobs amounting to 61-thousand in the third quarter, thus increasing the total employment to 956-thousand. The department’s spokesperson, Reggie Ngcobo, says this is the highest employment figure in agriculture since the start of the modern democratic era:
Minister Didiza pleased with the agricultural sector’s positive contribution to job creation [SOUND]