5 South African companies with the most staff

Here are the 5 South African companies with the most staff. You've probably shopped at number 1 this week. Number 5, with over 66,000 people, is Implats. They mine platinum in South Africa, Zimbabwe and Canada. They shared that staff number in their results this month. Pick n Pay and Boxer just missed out, with about 65,000 of their own staff. Number 4, with over 71,000 staff by its own count, is Fidelity. They're the security guards and cash vans you see everywhere. They work from over 280 sites across the country. Number 3, with over 72,000 workers, is Sibanye-Stillwater. They dig up gold and platinum. That number includes contractors and not just their own staff. Number 2, with 135,000 staff, is Bidvest. You might not know the name, but they do cleaning, catering, security and freight. Those staff are spread across several countries, not just in South Africa. And in first place, with over 174,000 staff, and added about 5,500 new jobs in the last year. It also runs checkers and you save. It calls itself the biggest private employer in the country. And that is Shoprite.