![The economy: winners and losers of 2015](https://www.statssa.gov.za/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/gdp_hi_res-64x64.png)
The economy: winners and losers of 2015
South Africa’s economy grew by 1,3% in 2015, down from 1,5% in 2014 and 2,2% in 2013, according to preliminary estimates of real gross domestic product (GDP) published by Stats SA. Overall economic growth in 2015 was characterised by two of the main industry groups shrinking in size, while the other eight experienced some growth. read more »
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Stats SA ready for Community Survey 2016
Minister Jeff Radebe, Minister in the Presidency, and the Statistician-General, Pali Lehohla, launched the enumeration phase of the Community Survey 2016 (CS 2016) today. The launch was held at one of the 330 training venues where Statistics South Africa (Stats SA) is training more than 10Â 000 contract staff who will be deployed to collect information read more »
Stats SA releases Gross domestic product (GDP), Q4 2015
24 February 2016 Media Invite      Stats SA releases Gross domestic product (GDP), Q4  2015 The Statistician-General of South Africa, Dr Pali Lehohla, will release the Gross domestic product (GDP) estimates for the fourth quarter of 2015 at a media briefing to be held on Tuesday, 1 March 2016 in Pretoria. The media briefing will be read more »
Education report focusing on the Eastern Cape
Media Release                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 26 February 2016 Education report focusing on the Eastern Cape The Eastern Cape has the second highest percentage of learners in the country that did not pay school fees (81%) in 2013 whereas Limpopo has the highest with 91,0%. This is significantly higher than the national average (62,4%).In 2013, 87,2% learners attended read more »
Stats SA releases the Non -Motorised transport report
Media Invite                                                                                                                                                                    19 February 2016 Stats SA releases the Non -Motorised transport report The Statistician-General of South Africa, Dr Pali Lehohla, will release a report on the Non- Motorised transport (NMT) report at a media briefing to be held on Thursday, 25 February 2016. This report is an in-depth analysis of the National Household read more »
Quarterly Labour Force Survey (QLFS) for the Fourth Quarter (Q4) of 2015
MEDIA INVITE                                                                                                                                                            19 February 2016 Quarterly Labour Force Survey (QLFS) for the Forth Quarter (Q4) of 2015 The Statistician-General, Dr Pali Lehohla, will release the results of the Quarterly Labour Force Survey (QLFS) for the fourth quarter (Q4) of 2015 on Thursday, 25th February 2016. The report will be released as follows: Date    read more »
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Tourism: employment, economy and foreign income
Much has been said about the importance of tourism, particularly of its role in economic growth, employment and attracting foreign exchange. The latest Tourism Satellite Account for South Africa report provides indicators of tourism’s role in these three spheres. Time series for much of the data are now available (10 years). Tourism as a read more »
Mbalo Brief – February 2016
Some parts of South Africa have experienced severe drought due to shortage of rainfall. According to the South African Weather Services (SAWS), the lowest annual total rainfall over the full 112-year period has been the January to December 2015 period. This period recorded an annual total of only 403 millimeters of rainfall. Government declared Mpumalanga, read more »
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South African manufacturing production and the exchange rate
The South African economy was hit hard by the global economic crisis of 2008/2009. The country’s manufacturing industry contracted sharply, and its subsequent recovery has been insufficient for the volume of manufacturing production to return to its pre-crisis level. Figure 1 shows SA’s manufacturing production (volume) compared with OECD industrial production.1 Preliminary manufacturing data for read more »
Stats Biz – January 2016
As a new year begins, Stats Biz takes a look at selected economic stories from 2015. During that year a rumour wobbled an industry; South Africa entered its worst drought in decades; tertiary education was rocked by protests over tuition fees; and the price of cake was most expensive in the Western Cape. Explore these, read more »