[{"Meta":"Dataset","Value":"Employment in the South African mining sector","Notes":""},{"Meta":"Sources","Value":"Department of Mineral Resources and Energy, Mineral Statistics, Table 41 for all mines, Table 43 for gold, Table 44 for platinum, Table 52 for coal, Table 48 for manganese, Table 45 for chromite","Notes":""},{"Meta":"Date Collected","Value":"1988 - 2023","Notes":""},{"Meta":"Notes","Value":"Updated annually","Notes":""},{"Meta":"Description","Value":"The number of people employed on average per year in the South African mining sector. Data also available for gold, platinum, coal, chrome and manganese mining. This data is from Mineral Statistics compiled by the Department of Mineral Resources and Energy.","Notes":""},{"Meta":"Variable","Value":"Description","Notes":"Notes"},{"Meta":"year","Value":"Year the data refers to\t","Notes":""},{"Meta":"total_mines","Value":"Average number of employees in all mines","Notes":""},{"Meta":"coal","Value":"Average number of employees in coal mines","Notes":""},{"Meta":"gold","Value":"Average number of employees in gold mines","Notes":""},{"Meta":"platinum","Value":"Average number of employees in platinum mines","Notes":""},{"Meta":"chrome","Value":"Average number of employees in chrome mines","Notes":""},{"Meta":"manganese","Value":"Average number of employees in manganese mines","Notes":""},{"Meta":"other","Value":"Average number of employees in other mines","Notes":"Other mines includes diamond mines, iron ore, copper, aggregate and sand, asbestos, limestone"},{"Meta":"source","Value":"Name of the data source","Notes":""},{"Meta":"tab","Value":"Tab in the spreadsheet where the data can be found","Notes":""},{"Meta":"table","Value":"Table name ","Notes":""}]