Capital expenditure by public sector institutions (national, provincial and local government, extra-budgetary, higher education and public sector institutions) increased by 4,8% (or R9,7 billion), from R202,8 billion in 2012 to R212,5 billion in 2013. A disaggregation of capital expenditure by type reveals increases on plant, machinery and equipment (up R10 billion from 2012), ‘other’ fixed   read more »

29 July 2014 Employment increased by 39 000 between Q1: 2014 and Q2: 2014, while unemployment increased by 87 000 resulting in an increase of 126 000 persons in the labour force. Consequently, the unemployment rate increased by 0,3 of a percentage point to 25,5% in Q2: 2014. The expanded unemployment rate reached 35,6% in   read more »

Statistics South Africa will be hosting the 4th ISIbalo Young African Statisticians Conference from 31 July – 02 August 2014 in Gauteng. This biennial conference brings together young statisticians from all over Africa to present papers and be part of a statistical discourse. The 4th IYASC is themed “Young African Statisticians Staking Their Claim in   read more »

Phakisa (Hurry up in Sotho) was the Minister in the Presidency, the honourable Jeff Radebe’s message to those gathered at the Statistical Symposium to address the strengthening of the South African National Statistical System (SANSS). After a rousing welcome from the Stats SA choir, joined by the SG, the Minister addressed the meeting, which included   read more »

  Statistician General Pali Lehohla, will release the results of the Quarterly Labour Force Survey (QLFS) for the second Quarter (Q2) of 2014.   Date: 29 July 2014 Time:  12H30 Embargo: 13H30 Venue:  St Georges Hotel and Conference Centre, 58 Doornkloof, Goede Hope Avenue, M57, Rietvleidam RSVP: Felicia Sithole 0764300693 Email: felicias@statssa.gov.za Media Enquiries: Ms   read more »

  23 July 2014                                                                                       Contact: Lesedi Dibakwane 0828057088 lesedid@statssa.gov.za South Africa’s Statistics Symposium – Towards strengthening the South African National Statistics System  Statistics South Africa and the Statistics Council will host a three day Statistics Symposium on strengthening the South African National Statistics System. The Symposium will be opened by the Minister in the Presidency,   read more »

  The Statistician-General, Pali Lehohla, will release the Mid-year Population Estimates for 2014. Based on the latest available information, the estimates cover all the residents of South Africa at the 2014 mid-year. Statistics South Africa (Stats SA) releases this publication on the mid-year population estimates annually, which provides an estimate of the population of South   read more »

Annual consumer inflation for June was steady at 6,6%, with a monthly increase of 0,3%. Food and non-alcoholic beverages prices increased by a modest 0,1% between May and June resulting in an unchanged 8,8% annual rate.  Specific food items which continue to exert upward pressure on inflation are white bread (monthly increase of 1,9%) and full cream   read more »

Travel time is the factor that influenced most households’ choice of transport. This is just one of the findings of the National Household Travel Survey (NHTS), conducted by Statistics South Africa (Stats SA) in 2013 for the National Department of Transport. At a national level, 32,6% of households indicated that travel time was the primary   read more »

Inside this edition: North West municipal stats p2; The state of the youth in SA p3; South Africa – 20 years of progress p4-5; Monthly economic statistics p6; Business surveys: How economic data is collected p7; Crossword & Trivia p8.