Eastern Cape home to over 7.2 million people.
Eastern Cape is the fourth most populated province in South Africa, according to the latest Census 2022 results. The total population of Eastern Cape as counted in Census 2022 increased by 10, 2% from 6,5 million more than a decade ago in Census 2011 to 7,2 million in the latest population and housing census. A read more »
Free State home to over 2,9 million people.
Media Release For Immediate Release 18 October 2023 Free State home to over 2,9 million people. Free State is one of the smaller provinces in South Africa, ranked eighth according to the latest Census 2022 results. The total population of Free State as counted in Census 2022 increased by 8,0%, from 2,7m more than a read more »
Mbalo Brief – October 2023
On the 10th of October 2023, Statistics South Africa (Stats SA) published the results of Census 2022. The latest census results show that the South African population grew to 62 million in 2022. Gauteng and KwaZulu-Natal continued to be the provinces with the largest population, at 15,1 million and 12,4 million, respectively. While Western Cape read more »
Stats SA to Handover Results to President Ramaphosa on 10th October 2023
MEDIA ALERT Embargo: None 20 September 2023 Census 2022 Results Announcement Date Confirmed Stats SA to Handover Results to President Ramaphosa on 10th October 2023 Statistics South Africa (Stats SA) is set to announce the Census 2022 results on the 10th of October 2023. The Statistician-General, Risenga Maluleke, will hand over the Census 2022 report read more »
Gender equality in local government: an update
As Women’s Month draws to a close, recent data provides a snapshot of gender representation in local government. In 2021, South Africa’s municipal workforce numbered 282 286 individuals. Of these, 13 492 were senior-level posts, which include directors and managers.1 Women occupied 5 312 (or 39%) of these senior-level positions, according to Stats SA’s latest Non-financial census of read more »
Economic wrap-up for July 2023
If you’ve missed any recent economic data from Stats SA, we’ve got you covered. Here is a quick rundown of what you need to know. These cities rule our manufacturing industry It’s not often that industry data are published for districts. Detailed spatial data require large surveys with large samples, which can be expensive. That read more »
Falling inside the norm: Municipal remuneration and contractor spending
A wide range of indicators inform municipal financial health. In 2014, National Treasury published a uniform set of financial norms and ratios for local government.1 Stats SA recently published data that can be used to inform these norms. In the examples below, we explore how municipalities fare in terms of remuneration and contracted services. Paying read more »
Protection of Personal Information Act 04 of 2013 (POPIA)
There are seven core dimensions to the POPIA that seek to protect personal information of the public. According to the findings of the Information Regulator, Stats SA meets all seven criteria, and is thus compliant with the Act. Section three of the POPIA provides that the POPIA may not be interpreted in a manner that read more »
Budget Vote Debate Speech (2023/2024) on the Occasion of Stats SA, 9 May 2023
Minister in the Presidency, the honourable Khumbudzo Ntshavheni, delivered the Stats SA Budget Vote Debate Speech in Parliament on 9 May 2023. Key topics covered included Census 2022 dissemination; the economics and social and population statistics programmes; and the draft Statistics Act Amendment Bill. Stats SA’s allocation for the 2023/24 financial year is R2.7 billion. read more »
Coega Special Economic Zone Income was R14,3bn in 2021
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