MANUFACTURING SUBSECTORS - Food processing

In 2015, 57% of workers in the industry did not have matric, compared to 51% in the rest of manufacturing. [...] Almost one in five women working in manufacturing was employed in food processing, compared to one in seven men in manufacturing jobs. [...] Employment in food and other manufacturing by gender women as % of food processing labourforce women as % of other manufacturing labourforce women manufacturing workers in food as % of all women in manufacturing men manufacturing workers in food as % of all men in manufacturing 45% 40% 35% 30% 25% 20% 15% 10% 5% 0% 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 Source: Statistics South Africa. [...] In the case of food processing, around 10% of total employment was in the former “homeland” regions from 2008 to 2015, virtually the same as for manufacturing as a whole. [...] 5 Market structure and major companies According to Statistics South Africa’s Manufacturing Financial Statistics, in 2014 the share in total income of the largest five companies in food processing and beverages production was 26%.