Media advisory: QLFS Q1 2017
MEDIA ADVISORY 26 May 2017 Quarterly Labour Force Survey (QLFS) for the first quarter (Q1) of 2017 read more »
Postponement of QLFS Q1:2017 report
The Quarterly Labour Force Survey (QLFS) Q1:2017 scheduled to be released on Tuesday, 9 May 2017 has been postponed to the 1st June 2017. The processing of data has taken longer than anticipated. Statistics South Africa would like to apologise for the inconveniences caused. Issued by Statistics South Africa For media enquiries Ms Lesedi Dibakwane read more »
Media Release QLFS Q3 2016
MEDIA RELEASE 22 November 2016 Quarterly Labour Force Survey – QLFS Q3:2016 The results of the Quarterly Labour Force Survey (QLFS) for the third quarter of 2016 released by Statistics South Africa today, indicate that employment grew by 288 000 after two successive quarterly declines. However, the growth in employment was offset by the increase read more »
Media invite: QLFS Q:3 of 2016
MEDIA ADVISORY 17 November 2016 Statistician-General to release Quarterly Labour Force Survey (QLFS) results for the third quarter of 2016 The Statistician-General of South Africa, Dr Pali Lehohla, will release the results of the Quarterly labour force survey (QLFS) for the third quarter (Q3) of 2016 at a media briefing to be held read more »
Media Release: QLFS Postponement
Media Release 14 November 2016 Postponement of the QLFS Q3:2016 report The Quarterly Labour Force Survey (QLFS) Q3:2016 has been postponed to the 22 November 2016 at 12:00. Issued by Statistics South Africa For media enquires Ms Lesedi Dibakwane Director: Media Relations Tel: 012 310 8578 Cell: 082 805 7088 Email: read more »
Media Statement: Statistics South Africa to make changes to CPI basket and weights
Media Statement 21 September 2016 Statistics South Africa to make changes to CPI basket and weights Statistics South Africa today announced that it would make changes to the Consumer Price Index (CPI) basket of goods and services, and the weights attached to these, with effect from the January 2017 release of the CPI. read more »
RELEASE OF QLFS QUARTER 4 RESULTS DELAYED
The Statistician-General regrets to announce a delay in the release of the fourth quarter report of the Quarterly Labour Force Survey. The release, which was scheduled for Tuesday the 9th of February has been postponed to the 25th of February for the following reasons. The QLFS has run on a redesigned Master Sample for a 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 »
Formal sector employment increases in quarter 4
The Quarterly Employment Survey (QES) results show that number of employees working in businesses increased by 38 thousand – from 8 457 000 in the third quarter of 2013 to 8 495 000 in the fourth quarter. This was driven by an increase of 35 000 in the Trade industry and increases in the Community and social services read more »
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Interactive data
Nesstar This data repository allows users to browse, analyse, tabulate and download datasets from a wide variety of census and household survey data and metadata in various formats. Users trying to access Nesstar from a corporate network should kindly ensure with your network administrator that port 8282 is enabled. Who should use this? Researchers and read more »