Our Work
OUR WORK The current data revolution sweeping across Africa has placed a renewed responsibility on Statistics SA and its implementing partners to address, through the ISIbalo Capacity Building Programme, several issues that remain challenges in Africa and in South Africa. These include: (i) A growing and renewed demand for better statistics placing renewed pressure on read more »
Its History
HISTORY OF THE ISIBALO CAPACITY BUILDING PROGRAMME In 2009, South Africa hosted the 57th Session of the International Statistical Institute (ISI). The ISI is a prestigious professional body of statisticians worldwide. Hosting the ISI Congress for the first time on the African continent, South Africa asked itself a question that remains relevant to this day: read more »
Media Advisory: Deputy Minister Manamela and Statistician-General briefs the media on challenges experienced with the Community Survey
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 »
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Taking stock of food prices
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 »
MINISTER RADEBE TO BRIEF MEDIA AND DELIVER 2016/2017 STATS SA BUDGET VOTE SPEECH
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 »
Statistician-General to release report on housing from a human settlement perspective
Media Invite 18 April 2016 Â Statistician-General to release report GHS Series Volume VII: Housing from a human settlement perspective The Statistician-General will deliver a profile on housing and human settlement in the country through the lens of the General Household Survey. The series GHS Volume VII: Housing from a human settlement perspective report provides read more »
Mbalo Brief – April 2016
On 6 April 2016, the South African President Jacob Zuma proclaimed that the local government elections will be held on 3 August 2016. This is the fourth local government elections since the country’s first free and fair non-racial general elections held on 27 April 1994. Local government elections are held to elect members of the read more »
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Finding a home in a big pond
Finding a home in a big pond It is often said that small businesses hold the key to economic growth. Recently released data paint an interesting picture of where small businesses are making a substantial contribution to economic activity. Stats SA’s latest Quarterly financial statistics reports that the private sector earned a total of R2,1 read more »
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How the weather influences the nation’s use of electricity
Municipal purchases and sales of electricity followed a usual, but very interesting, seasonal pattern in the last three months of 2015, according to Stats SA’s latest Quarterly financial statistics of municipalities report. Published every quarter, the report provides an indication of the financial status of South Africa’s 278 municipalities, including data on where municipalities read more »
Stats Biz – March 2016
Next time you dig into a delicious plate of fish and chips, take a moment to ponder the value of seafood as a resource. How has South Africa’s fish stocks changed since 2005? Estimates of quantities of fish available in our oceans, as well as data on catch numbers, were recently published in Stats SA’s read more »