Category Archives: Press Statements

GDP in the fourth quarter of 2019 decreased by 1,4%

Press statement                                                                                               Embargo: Tuesday 3 March 2020, 11:30 GDP in the fourth quarter of 2019 decreased by 1,4% Gross domestic product (measured by production) South Africa’s gross domestic product (GDP) decreased by 1,4% in the fourth quarter of 2019.1 The transport, storage and communication industry   read more »


Unwanted Fertility in South Africa 2016 Report

MEDIA RELEASE                                                                                     02 March 2020 Unwanted Fertility in South Africa 2016 Report According to the 2016 Unwanted fertility report released by Statistics South Africa, amongst women born in 1965-1969, about 54% of them experienced fertility when they did not plan to have any more births, and this was an increase from 13,2% in the 1998   read more »


Statistics South Africa to release the Gross Domestic Product (GDP), 4th Quarter 2019

MEDIA ADVISORY                                                                    26 February 2020 Statistics South Africa to release the Gross Domestic Product (GDP), 4th Quarter 2019 Statistics South Africa (Stats SA) will release the results of the Gross domestic product (GDP) for the fourth quarter of 2019, at a media briefing to be held on Tuesday, 3 March 2020   The media briefing   read more »


Education Series Volume VI: Education and Labour Market Outcomes in South Africa, 2018

MEDIA RELEASE                                                                                            25 February 2020 Education Series Volume VI: Education and Labour Market Outcomes in South Africa, 2018 Two out of ten (19,9%) of the total South African population were Generation X adults, while more than one-third of the population (35,3%), were Millennials, and the majority (45,5%) were the Born-free generation, this is according to   read more »


Statistician-General to release the ‘Education Series Volume VI: Education and Labour Market Outcomes in South Africa.

MEDIA ADVISORY                                                                                                                20 February 2020 Statistician-General to release the ‘Education Series Volume VI: Education and Labour Market Outcomes in South Africa. The Statistician-General, of South Africa, Mr Risenga Maluleke, will   read more »


Statement from the South African Statistics Council on Stats SA funding

February 2020 Professor David Everatt, Chairperson, on behalf of the South African Statistics Council David.everatt@wits.ac.za,  0834559466 Stats SA is a globally recognised centre of excellence for producing official statistics. Stats SA is the only source of official statistics in South Africa. It has both kept in touch with or led best practice, notably in developing   read more »


Statistics South Africa (Stats SA) Census 2021 Mini Test Phase 2 begins

Statistics South Africa (Stats SA) Census 2021 Mini Test Phase 2 begins

Fieldworkers from Statistics South Africa (Stats SA) will be collecting data from Special Dwelling Institutions (SDIs), the transients, homeless and population in dwelling units from 15 February to 13 March 2020 during the Census 2021 Mini Test – Phase 2. The test will be conducted in selected areas in Bojanala, Buffalo City, Capricon, City of   read more »


Quarterly Labour Force Survey (QLFS) – Q4:2019

MEDIA RELEASE                                                                                                   11 February 2020                                        Quarterly Labour Force Survey (QLFS) – Q4:2019 The results of the Quarterly Labour Force Survey (QLFS) for the fourth quarter of 2019 indicate that the official unemployment rate remained unchanged (29,1%) compared to   read more »


Statistics South Africa to release the Quarterly Labour Force Survey (QLFS), 4th Quarter 2019

MEDIA ADVISORY                                                                   06 February 2020 Statistics South Africa to release the Quarterly Labour Force Survey (QLFS), 4th Quarter 2019 Statistics South Africa (Stats SA) will release the results of the Quarterly Labour Force Survey (QLFS) for the 4th quarter of 2019 at a media briefing to be held on Tuesday,11 February 2020 in Pretoria. The   read more »


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