Category Archives: Press Statements

Gender statistics experts to deliberate on the care economy and its impact on gender equality

Media Advisory                                                              25 August 2023 Gender statistics experts to deliberate on the care economy and its impact on gender equality Statistics South Africa, in collaboration   read more »


Statistician-General to release the results of the Governance, Public Safety and Justice Survey (GPSJS) 2022/23, Victims of Crime Report

MEDIA ADVISORY                                                                             17 August 2023   Statistician-General to release the results of the Governance, Public Safety and Justice Survey (GPSJS) 2022/23, Victims of Crime Report The Statistician-General of South Africa, Mr Risenga Maluleke, will release the results of the Victims of Crime report from the Governance, Public Safety and Justice Survey (GPSJS) 2022/23 at a   read more »


Statistics South Africa to release the Quarterly Labour Force Survey (QLFS), Quarter 2 of 2023

MEDIA ADVISORY                                                                                                       10 August 2023   read more »


Statistician-General to release the 2021 manufacturing report

MEDIA ADVISORY                                                          20 July 2023 Statistician-General to release the 2021 manufacturing report The Statistician-General of South Africa, Mr Risenga Maluleke, will release the manufacturing report at a virtual media briefing to be held on Monday, 24 July 2023. The manufacturing report measures expenditure, production, income and spread of the manufacturing sector in the country. The   read more »


Alert: Recruitment Scam Alert

Alert: Recruitment Scam Alert

Statistics South Africa (Stats SA) has become aware of a site that is fraudulently inviting applications for positions at the organisation. Stats SA uses two platforms for recruitment – the HR Database (https://apps.statssa.gov.za/HRRecruitment/) for short-term contract positions, and the e-Recruitment platform (https://apps.statssa.gov.za/erecruitment/#/browseJobs) for permanent positions. Please do not use any other platform to apply for   read more »


Statistics South Africa to release the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) Q:1 of 2023

MEDIA ADVISORY                                                                   01 June 2023   Statistics South Africa to release the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) Q:1 of 2023 Statistics South Africa (Stats SA) will release the results of the Gross domestic product (GDP) for the first quarter of 2023, at a media briefing to be held on Tuesday, 6 June 2023 in Pretoria. Media   read more »


Budget Vote Debate Speech (2023/2024) on the Occasion of Stats SA, 9 May 2023

Minister in the Presidency, the honourable Khumbudzo Ntshavheni, delivered the Stats SA Budget Vote Debate Speech in Parliament on 9 May 2023. Key topics covered included Census 2022 dissemination; the economics and social and population statistics programmes; and the draft Statistics Act Amendment Bill. Stats SA’s allocation for the 2023/24 financial year is R2.7 billion.   read more »


Statistics South Africa to release the Quarterly Labour Force Survey (QLFS), Quarter 1 of 2023

MEDIA ADVISORY                                                                   09 May 2023 Statistics South Africa to release the Quarterly Labour Force Survey (QLFS), Quarter 1 of 2023 Statistics South Africa (Stats SA) will release the Quarterly Labour Force Survey (QLFS) results for the first quarter of 2023 at a media briefing on Tuesday, 16 May 2023 in Pretoria. The household-based sample survey   read more »


Coega Special Economic Zone Income was R14,3bn in 2021

MEDIA RELEASE                                                                                                    21 April 2023                                                                                           read more »


Statistics South Africa (Stats SA) will formally handover a Coega SEZ Census Report 2022/23 to Coega Development Corporation on Friday 21 April 2023 in Gqeberha.

MEDIA ADVISORY                                                                                                                                            20 April 2023 Statistics South Africa (Stats SA) will formally handover a Coega SEZ Census Report   read more »