Research Reports
Overview of the Leather and Footwear Industry 2025
Productivity SA continues to play an important role in support of government’s strategic objective of creating sustainable and decent jobs for South African citizens.
Exploring the Value Chain in the Agro-Processing Industry 2025
In South Africa, agro-processing encompasses a number of activities ranging from the production of food for animals and humans, wine and beer making, to leather works…
Productivity and Performance Management in the Public Sector 2025
The Department of Planning, Monitoring and
Evaluation (DPME) was established in the
Presidency to improve public service delivery. In support of this goal, it has organised government departments…
The Role of Energy Supply in National Productivity Growth Online 2025
Regular and affordable power supply is a catalyst for socio-political, economic development and its sustainability in any society. Hardly any enterprise or aspect of human development can function productively without electricity or other forms of energy supply.
Poultry Sector 2024
In South Africa, poultry consumption is an important avenue to reduce malnutrition problems, because poultry meat is one of the most affordable sources of protein.
Sugar Industry 2024
The South Africa sugar industry plays an important role in the national economy given its contribution to GDP, foreign exchange earnings¹ and creation of jobs in the manufacturing value chain. However, over the past twenty years, sugar production has been declining on a year-to-year basis…
Link Between Wages & Labour Productivity in the Automotive Sector
The South African automotive sector is the second largest automotive industry on the African continent, after Morocco, and the country’s largest manufacturing sector (DTI, 2019) as well as the country’s main industrial foundation.
Productivity & Competitiveness of the Steel Industry and its Driving Factors
The steel industry is regarded as a necessary part of any country’s basic production for industrial development and a major driver of the manufacturing sector. Consumption of steel of any country is explained by the level of industrial development and economic growth as according to the intensity of use model (Radetzki & Tilton, 1990).
The South African Metal Fabrication Sector
Productivity SA continues to play an important role in support of government’s strategic objective of creating sustainable and decent jobs for South African citizens. This it does by reviewing performance of the metal fabrication industry, among other industries. The metal fabrication industry was identified by the Industrial Policy Action Plan (IPAP)…
The role of productivity in stimulating SMME sustainable recovery from the impact of Covid-19 in the Clothing and Textile Sector
The manufacturing value of the clothing, textiles, footwear, and leather value chain (CTFL) has declined from 8.5% in 1994 to around 3% in 2019. Employment data has also dropped from 330 000 to 250 000, or from 20% of total manufacturing employment to 14% in 2002 and 2019 respectively (TIPS,2020).
Impact of COVID-19 on SMMEs Productivity and competitiveness, and the role of digital technology
Productivity SA conducted an online survey on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on SMME Productivity and Competitiveness and the role of digital technology. The survey covered the SMME situation prior to the onset of the lockdown on 23 March 2020 as a baseline, and focused on the impact of the lockdown over a period of six months which ended in September 2020 …
Minimum Wages & Productivity
Productivity SA has a statutory mandate to promote employment growth and workplace productivity thereby contributing to South Africa’s socio-economic development and competitiveness.
Productivity, Competitiveness & Employment in the Minig Sector
Productivity SA has a statutory mandate to promote employment growth and workplace productivity thereby contributing to South Africa’s socio-economic development and competitiveness.