Many have commented on South Africa’s drought and how rapidly food prices have been rising. The latest release of Stats SA’s Consumer Price Index (CPI) unpacks the South African food basket to examine which items might be contributing to your rising grocery bill. Explore food prices, as well as other economic stories, in this edition read more »
9 May 2016 Unemployment increased in the first quarter of 2016 Employment declined by 2,2% or 355 000 in Q1: 2016, which combined with an increase in the number of unemployed persons of 521 000 resulted in an unemployment rate of 26,7%; this was 2,2 percentage points higher compared to that reported in Q4: 2015. However, read more »
MEDIA ADVISORY 06 May 2016 Quarterly Labour Force Survey (QLFS) for the First Quarter (Q1) of 2016 The Statistician-General, Dr Pali Lehohla, will release the results of the Quarterly Labour Force Survey (QLFS) for the first quarter (Q1) of 2016 on Monday, 9th May 2016. The report will be released as follows: Date : 09 read more »
Media Release 3rd May 2016 Exploration of selected contact crimes in South Africa: In depth analysis of the Victims of Crime Survey Data According to the Victims of Crime Survey Data report released by Stats SA, more females (71,3) experienced sexual offence than their male (28,7%) counterparts; while more males (72,9%) experienced assault than read more »
MEDIA ADVISORY 29 April 2016 In-depth analysis of Victims of Crime Survey data The Statistician –General, Dr Pali Lehohla, will release Crime statistics series volume III: Exploration of selected contact crimes in South Africa (In-depth analysis of Victims of Crime Survey data: 2011–2014/15) findings on Wednesday, the 4th of May 2016. The main read more »
MEDIA ADVISORY 22 April 2016 Contact: Lesedi Dibakwane Cell: 0828057088 Email: lesedid@statssa.gov.za Deputy Minister Manamela and Statistician-General briefs the media on challenges experienced with the Community Survey On Monday, 7 March 2016, Statistics South Africa (Stats SA) began data collection for its Community Survey 2016 across the country. Data collection has been satisfactory in all read more »
Despite rising interest rates and worsening economic conditions, South Africans seem to be coping with their debt. Data from the South African Reserve Bank and Stats SA’s Statistics of civil cases for debt release indicates some resilience on the part of South African debtors. The South African Reserve Bank hiked the repo rate twice in read more »
Media Release 20 April 2016 GHS Series Volume VII: Housing from a human settlement perspective In-depth analysis of General Household Survey (2002-2014) and Census (1996-2011) data The number of households living in formal dwellings across the country has increased from 76% in 2002 to 80% 2014 which signifies that the read more »
Many have commented on South Africa’s drought and how rapidly food prices have been rising. The latest release of Stats SA’s Consumer Price Index (CPI) unpacks the South African food basket to examine which items might be contributing to your rising grocery bill. Imagine a basket sitting in front you, filled with a range of read more »
MEDIA ADVISORY: MINISTER RADEBE TO BRIEF MEDIA AND DELIVER 2016/2017 STATS SA BUDGET VOTE SPEECH Minister in the Presidency for Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation and Chairperson of the National Planning Commission, Mr Jeff Radebe, MP, will table his budget for Stats SA before the National Assembly on the 20th April 2016. The budget vote speech read more »