South Africa’s 123 provincial government departments spent just over R17 600 per second in the 2017/18 fiscal year. That represents a total of R557 billion over a period of 365 days. The bulk of the money flowed into provincial governments’ two main areas of responsibility: education and health. Education took up the lion’s share. For every R100 read more »
South Africa’s 257 municipalities spent a total of R101,3 billion in the second quarter of 2019 (April to June). This is the first time that quarterly municipal spending has breached the R100 billion mark. The R101,3 billion is R15,3 billion more than what was spent in the first quarter (January to March), representing an increase of 18%. This read more »
Annual consumer inflation quickened in August, reaching 4,3% year-on-year from the 4,0% recorded in July. This was associated with higher inflation in food and non-alcoholic beverages, housing, transport and recreation. Annual food inflation reached its highest level in 18 months, registering 3,8% in August. The pickup in food inflation was mainly driven by upward pressure 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 »
Citizens around the world celebrated International Literacy Day on 8 September 2019. This day, which was established by the United Nations (UN) in 1966, has been celebrated annually with the key aim to highlight improvements in literacy and numeracy rates while also providing a chance to reflect on the world’s literacy challenges. The UN has dubbed 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 »
After shrinking sharply in the first quarter of 2019, the economy rebounded from a low base to record positive growth of 3,1% in the second quarter. Mining, finance, trade and government services were the main drivers of growth. Explore the latest GDP figures, as well as other stories, in this edition of Stats Biz. Download read more »
Press statement Embargo: Tuesday 3 September 2019, read more »
After shrinking sharply in the first quarter of 2019, the economy rebounded from a low base to record positive growth of 3,1%1 in the second quarter (April−June). Mining, finance, trade and government services were the main drivers of growth. Three industries (construction, agriculture and transport) registered a slump in production. Mining was the strongest performer 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 »