MEDIA RELEASE 30 November 2021 Quarterly Labour Force Survey (QLFS) – Q3:2021 The official unemployment rate was 34,9% in the third quarter of 2021. The results of the Quarterly Labour Force Survey (QLFS) for the third quarter of 2021 show that the number of employed persons decreased by 660 000 in the third quarter of   read more »

MEDIA ADVISORY                                                                  30 November 2021 Statistics South Africa to release the results of the General Household Survey, 2020              Statistics South Africa (Stats SA) will release the General Household Survey, 2020 (GHS) results on Thursday, 2 December 2021 in Pretoria. The social and household service delivery report provides a snapshot of progress achieved in basic government   read more »

MEDIA ADVISORY                                                                   25 November 2021   Statistics South Africa to release the Quarterly Labour Force Survey (QLFS), Quarter 3 of 2021 Statistics South Africa (Stats SA) will release the Quarterly Labour Force Survey (QLFS) results for the third quarter of 2021 at a media briefing to be held on Tuesday, 30 November 2021 in Pretoria.   read more »

MEDIA RELEASE 11 November 2021 Recorded live births, 2020 South Africa records almost 35 000 teenage mothers in 2020  A total of 1 003 307 births were registered in South Africa in 2020. Of these, 899 303 (89,6%) were births that occurred and were registered in 2020 (current birth registrations), while 104 004 (10,4%) were births that occurred in   read more »

Media Release                                                                                   25 October 2021 Stats SA to conduct Census 2022 in 100 Days  In 100 days from today, Statistics South Africa will undertake a population and housing census, Census 2022, from 2 February next year. This will be the fourth population count since 1994. Stats SA will recruit about 165 000 temporary field staff   read more »

Postponement Notice: GHS further delay   For immediate release                                                                            27 October 2021   Further delay in the release of the General Household Survey (GHS) 2020 results In August, Statistics South Africa announced a delay in the release of its social surveys, including the General Household Survey (GHS), which was rescheduled for release on 28 October   read more »

As stipulated in Treasury Instruction No 11. of 2021, and in the interests of transparency, Statistics South Africa (Stats SA) has published information related to PPE procurement by the department for the period March 2020 and ongoing, on its website. The information can be accessed here . This information will be updated on a monthly   read more »

Media Release                                                                            10 October 2021   Population numbers to redefine our country and its dispensation The night of October 9/10th marks a decade since the last population census was rolled out in all areas across the country and it serves as countdown to the next population count in February 2022. A census night is a   read more »

MEDIA ADVISORY                                                                                  13 September 2021 The Statistician-General of South Africa, Mr Risenga Maluleke, will release the results of the Mining industry, 2019 report on Tuesday, 14 September 2021 at a virtual media briefing to be held in Pretoria. The report will provide details of income generated by the industry, employment contribution, local and export mineral   read more »

MEDIA ADVISORY                                                                                  07 September 2021 The Statistician-General of South Africa, Mr Risenga Maluleke, will release the results of the post and telecommunication industry, 2019 on Thursday, 09 September 2021 at a virtual media briefing to be held in Pretoria. The report provides details of income generated by the industry in the provision of postal and   read more »