Postponement notice for publications: Monograph reports on Mortality in South Africa, Fertility in South Africa and Population Dynamics of South Africa

28 October 2015 Media advisory  Please note that the media briefing scheduled for today (28 October 2015) at 10H00 to release monograph reports on Mortality in South Africa, Fertility in South Africa and Population Dynamics of South Africa has been postponed due to unforeseen circumstances. A future date, time and venue will be communicated at   read more »


Unemployment increases in the third quarter of 2015

27 October 2015 Media Release The results for the third quarter Quarterly labour force survey (QLFS) shows that the working-age population was 36,1 million – 15,8 million employed, 5,4 million unemployed and 14,9 million not economically active. The not economically active population decreased by 200 000 and the economically active population increased 359 000 quarter-to-quarter.   read more »


Quarterly Labour Force Survey (QLFS) for the Third Quarter (Q3) of 2015

MEDIA INVITE Quarterly Labour Force Survey (QLFS) for the Third Quarter (Q3) of 2015 The Statistician-General, Mr Pali Lehohla, will release the results of the Quarterly Labour Force Survey for the third quarter (Q3) of 2015 on Tuesday, 27th October 2015. The report will be released as follows: Date : 27 October 2015 Lock-up : 11H00   read more »


Hearing the voice of ordinary citizens

Hearing the voice of ordinary citizens

Monday 12 October marks the start of the Citizen Satisfaction Survey in KwaZulu-Natal. The Survey is a joint effort between the KwaZulu-Natal Office of the Premier and Statistics South Africa and will gauge the level of service delivery satisfaction. Just over 200 fieldworkers armed with tablets will start visiting the over 20 000 selected household,   read more »


Statistics South Africa (Stats SA) Citizen Satisfaction Survey in KwaZulu-Natal

Media Release                                                                                                                                                                    07 October 2015 The voice of the ordinary citizens of KZN will be heard through a Statistics South Africa (StatsSA) conducted Citizen Satisfaction Survey (CSS) in KwaZulu-Natal, which will help the Office of the Premier to make informed decisions to improve the lives of the citizen of KZN. The survey is the product of   read more »


Post & Telecommunication Industry (2013): Income from internet services rises by 8,6%

05 October 2015 Media Release Income  The total income for the post and telecommunications industry in 2013 was R276,3 billion. The largest contributor to the total income was ‘telecommunications’ (R262,2 billion or 95%), with ‘post and associated courier activities’ at R14,2 billion or 5%. The total sales of goods and services (R266,9 billion) represents an   read more »


Transport and Storage Industry (2013): Road freight leads employment creation in transport and storage industry

Media Release Income  The total income for the transport and storage industry in 2013 was R401,9 billion. The largest contributors to the total income was ‘activities of other transport agencies’ (R132,6 billion or 33%), and by ‘freight transport by road’ (R87,9 billion or 22%). The total income represents an increase of 10,7% per annum over   read more »


Electricity, Gas and Water Supply Industry (2013): Increase in income and employment in electricity, gas and water supply industry

Media Release Income  The total income for the electricity, gas and water supply industry in 2013 was R181,2 billion. The largest contributor to the total income was ‘generation, transmission and distribution of electricity’ (R150,2 million or 82,8%), followed by ‘collection, purification and distribution of water’ (R22,1 billion or 12,2%) and ‘manufacturing and distribution of gaseous   read more »


Media Invite: Large Sample Survey Reports

14 September 2015   Stats SA releases Large Sample Survey reports   The Statistician-General, Mr Pali Lehohla, will release the three following Large Sample Survey reports: 1. Electricity, Gas and Water Supply Industry (2013) – 10h00 The results presented in this publication were derived from the 2013 Electricity, gas and water supply industry large sample   read more »