Statistics South Africa is proud to announce that several high profile speakers have been lined up for the Annual ISIbalo symposium taking place at Stellenbosch University on 29 June 2015. They include Mr Jeff Radebe, Minister in the Presidency, Rector and Vice Chancellor of Stellenbosch university, Professor Wim de Villiers, Mr Pali Lehohla, Statistician General   read more »

On 3 June 2015, the United Nations General Assembly adopted a resolution officially designating 20 October 2015 as the second World Statistics Day, under the general theme “Better data. Better lives”. In addition, the General Assembly decided to celebrate World Statistics Day on 20 October every five years. This resolution, which was co-sponsored by Hungary   read more »

18 May 2015 The release of the Quarterly Labour Force Survey (QLFS) publication for the first quarter of 2015 will be postponed to the 26th of May 2015. The release is postponed determine the impact of the implementation of a new master sample, based on the 2011 Census, on the QLFS series. The first quarter   read more »

Honourable Minister Jeff Radebe: Media briefing on Statistics South Africa Budget Vote 2015/16   Good day ladies and gentlemen and members of the media Later today I will present the budget vote speech for Statistic South Africa (Stats SA), and the task ahead is a mammoth one. We will outline what needs to be done   read more »

4 May 2015 The release of the Quarterly Labour Force Survey (QLFS) publication for the 1st quarter of 2015 will be postponed to the 19th of May 2015.  The release is postponed to facilitate further quality assurance of the data. Ends   Issued by Statistics South Africa   For technical enquiries contact Durieux Monet Acting   read more »

Want to know more about how various parts of South Africa’s economy are performing? Then Stats SA’s Monthly economic indicators report might be for you. Available from the Stats SA Roambi app, the report includes a variety of economic indicators from selected Stats SA publications. Available as interactive time-series charts, the following indicators are included:   read more »

The technical challenges experienced by Statistics South Africa in data acquisition from the Department of Home Affairs have been resolved. Statistics South Africa has successfully received the backlog data and analysed them for the statistical releases. Since the write-up of the April to December 2014 Tourism and Migration statistical releases is completed, they will be published over   read more »

Modern tools of communication and dissemination of data create greater possibilities for access, understanding and use.  Stats SA and the African Development Bank have created the attached animation to tell the story of trade potential in Africa. The Statistician-General (SG) for South Africa, Mr Pali Lehohla, will share a presentation with the 24th African Union   read more »

Invitation to the 2nd ISIbalo Lecture A World That Counts – Data Revolution for the post-2015 sustainable development goals agenda: Talk at the University of Pretoria The Statistician-General, Mr Pali Lehohla, has great pleasure in inviting you to the Data Revolution Outreach Programme, to be hosted by the Vice-Chancellor and Principal of the University of   read more »

In August 2014, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon announced the establishment of the Independent Expert Advisory Group (IEAG) on the Data Revolution for Sustainable Development which included experts from civil society, private sector, academia, governments and international organizations. The group was tasked to assess new opportunities linked to innovation, technical progress and the surge of   read more »