Income

The total income for the transport, post and telecommunication industry in 2013 was R686 552 million. The largest contributor to the total income was ‘telecommunication’ (R267 963 million or 39%), followed by ‘activities of other transport agencies’ (R115 441 million or 17%) and ‘freight transport by road’ (R88 632 million or 13%) (Figure 1 and Table 2, page 5 of statistical release P7000).
 
Expenditure

Expenditure in the transport, post and telecommunication industry in 2013 amounted to R632 836 million. The expenditure consisted primarily of ‘purchases’ (R183 824 million or 29%), followed by ‘salaries and wages’ (R89 313 million or 14%) and ‘customs and excise duties’ (R86 057 million or 14%) (Figure 2 and Table 4, pages 7 – 8 of statistical release P7000).

Employment

The total number of persons employed in the transport, post and telecommunication industry at the end of June 2013 was 408 549. ‘Freight transport by road’ had the largest number of employees (93 991 or 23%), followed by ‘telecommunication’ (71 651 or 18%) and ‘railway transport’ (63 093 or 15%) (Figure 3 and Table 5, page 9 of statistical release P7000).

The proportion of females out of the total persons employed was 31%. The industry with the highest proportion of females employed was ‘travel agencies and related activities’ (69%), while ‘cargo handling’ had the highest proportion of males employed (87%) (Figure 4 and Table 5, page 9 of statistical release P7000).