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Part I of the Convention. Statistics relating to wages and hours of work. In reply to the previous comments, the Government provides in its report information on the definitions used for the measurement of the main concepts related to statistics on hours of work and earnings. The Committee notes from the report and from the information available to the ILO Department of Statistics that the main sources of statistics on wages and hours of work are the Quarterly Labour Force Survey (QLFS) and the Quarterly Employment Statistics Survey (QES), both of which are collected by Statistics South Africa. It also notes that the QLFS collects data from households on usual and actual hours of work for all industries, formal and informal, including agriculture and private households for a reference week. Statistical and methodological information derived from these surveys is available through the Statistics South Africa website. Moreover, statistics on working time and earnings of employees are regularly submitted to the ILO Department of Statistics via its annual questionnaire on labour statistics. The Committee requests that the Government continue to communicate updated statistics as well as information on any developments regarding the application of the Convention.

Prospects of ratification of the Labour Statistics Convention, 1985 (No. 160). In reply to the previous comments, the Government indicates that it still has every intention to denounce Convention No. 63 and ratify Convention No. 160. It adds that the instruments were presented to the Cluster of Directors-General which is a requirement when submitting instruments to Cabinet and Parliament, respectively. The Committee notes that a Cabinet memorandum has been prepared and submitted to the office of the Minister of Labour with the view to finalizing the Parliamentary process. The Committee welcomes the steps taken and invites the Government to continue to provide information on the progress made towards the ratification of Convention No. 160.