IMPROVING LIVES THROUGH DATA ECOSYSTEMS

MEDIA STATEMENT For immediate release                                                                                     11 October  2019 Misleading information about Stats SA field staff Owing to the nature of surveys we conduct, Statistics South Africa (Stats SA) continuously engages with communities. We value and understand the importance of trust between the organisation and the communities we collect data from. An unfortunate incident recently occurred   read more »

MEDIA RELEASE                                                                                                                                                       03 October  2019 Victims of crime report 2018/19 Statistics South Africa today released the Victims of Crime report,   read more »

MEDIA ADVISORY                                                                                                                                    26 September 2019 Statistician-General to release the Victims of Crime 2018/19 report The Statistician-General of South Africa, Mr Risenga Maluleke, will release the Victims of Crime 2018/19   read more »

Media release For immediate release                                                                                                                               16 September 2019                          Statistics South Africa ignites plan to count the entire population during Census 2021 Statistics South Africa (Stats SA) will conduct the Census 2021 Mini Test from 9   read more »

Media Announcement                                                                                                                 06 September 2019 REGISTRATION ON STATS SA RECRUITMENT DATABASE REOPENS Stats SA has reopened registration for contract employment on the recruitment database for prospective candidates. The recruitment database was reopened due to low registration in   read more »

Press statement                                                                                                                     Embargo: Tuesday 3 September 2019,   read more »

Media Release                                                                                                                             29 August 2019                                                   Non-financial census of municipalities, 2018 More services are being extended to consumer units, but less   read more »

MEDIA RELEASE 30 July 2019 Quarterly Labour Force Survey (QLFS) – Q2:2019 The results of the Quarterly Labour Force Survey (QLFS) for the second quarter of 2019 released by Statistics South Africa, indicate that the official unemployment rate increased by 1,4 percentage points to 29,0% compared to the first quarter of 2019. The number of   read more »

MEDIA ADVISORY                                                                   24 July 2019 Statistics South Africa to release the Quarterly Labour Force Survey (QLFS), 2nd Quarter 2019 Statistics South Africa (Stats SA) will release the results of the Quarterly Labour Force Survey (QLFS) for the second quarter of 2019 at a media briefing to be held on Tuesday,30 July 2019 in Pretoria. Media   read more »

PRESS RELEASE:                               09 July 2019   SOUTH AFRICA’s FIRST NATURAL CAPITAL ACCOUNTING FORUM South Africa’s first-ever national Natural Capital Accounting Forum will take place in Pretoria at Statistics South Africa’s Head Office, ISIbalo House, on 10-11 July 2019. The Forum is hosted by Statistics South Africa (Stats SA) in partnership with the South African National   read more »