Category Archives: Press Statements

Statistics South Africa to release Annual Financial Statistics (AFS), 2017 and Financial statistics of consolidated general government, 2017

MEDIA ADVISORY                                                                         15 November 2018 Statistics South Africa to release Annual Financial Statistics (AFS), 2017 and Financial statistics of consolidated general government, 2017 Statistics South Africa (Stats SA) will release the Annual Financial Statistics (AFS), 2017 and the Financial statistics of consolidated general government, 2017, at a media briefing to be held on Tuesday,   read more »


Global poverty eradication initiatives and measurement of poverty to be reviewed

MEDIA ADVISORY                                                                                25 October 2018   Global poverty eradication initiatives and measurement of poverty to be reviewed   Ministers, Vice Ministers, Heads of Statistics, policy-makers from national governments as well as regional and international agencies, will gather at the 6th Annual High-Level Meeting of the Multidimensional Poverty Peer Network (MPPN) to be held from 30   read more »


Statistics South Africa (Stats SA) to release Quarterly Labour Force Survey (QLFS) 3rd Quarter 2018

MEDIA ADVISORY                                                                                25 October 2018   Statistics South Africa (Stats SA) to release Quarterly Labour Force Survey (QLFS) 3rd Quarter 2018   The Statistician-General of South Africa, Risenga Maluleke, will release the results of the Quarterly Labour Force Survey (QLFS) for the third quarter of 2018 at a media briefing to be held on Tuesday,   read more »


Agric Census has begun

Agric Census has begun

It’s all systems go as Statistician–General and head of Statistics South Africa (Stats SA), Mr Risenga Maluleke, this morning led a delegation of Stats SA fieldworkers to collect data at a farm in Bapsfontein in the East Rand for the Census of Commercial Agriculture (CoCA). About 600 fieldworkers wearing Stats SA branded gear, across the country are currently collecting data from farmers in order to count the number of commercial farmers,   read more »


Statistician – General leads fieldworkers to collect data on commercial farming in Bapsfontein, East Rand

Media Invite                                                                                                                                              12 October 2018   Statistician- General leads fieldworkers to collect data on commercial farming in Bapsfontein, East Rand Statistician-General Mr Risenga Maluleke will on Monday 15th October lead fieldworkers   read more »


Victims of Crime Survey 2017/18

MEDIA RELEASE                                                                                                                                                             11 October 2018 Victims of Crime Survey 2017/18 Victims of Crime Survey results released by Statistics   read more »


Statistician-General to release the Victims of Crime Survey 2017/18

MEDIA ADVISORY                                                                                    08 October 2018   Statistician-General to release the Victims of Crime Survey 2017/18   The Statistician-General of South Africa, Mr Risenga Maluleke, will release the annual results of the Victims of Crime Survey (VOCS) 2017/18 at a media briefing to be held on Thursday, 11 October 2018. The VOCS report provides information   read more »


Stats SA set to conduct Census of Commercial Agriculture 2017 (CoCA)

Media Release                                                                                                                                               8 October 2018 Stats SA set to conduct Census of Commercial Agriculture 2017 (CoCA)   South Africa’s Statistician-General and head of Statistics South Africa   read more »


Census of Commercial Agriculture 2017 Briefing on State-of-Readiness

MEDIA ADVISORY                                                                                                             read more »


Gender series IV: Economic Empowerment 2001-2017 report

MEDIA RELEASE                                                                                               27 September 2018   Gender series IV: Economic Empowerment 2001-2017 report The Gender series IV report on economic empowerment released by Statistics South Africa today indicates that males continue to participate in the labour market at a higher rate than their female counterparts, despite the number of females in the workforce still exceeding   read more »