Quarterly Labour Force Survey (QLFS) – Q3:2021
MEDIA RELEASE 30 November 2021 Quarterly Labour Force Survey (QLFS) – Q3:2021 The official unemployment rate was 34,9% in the third quarter of 2021. The results of the Quarterly Labour Force Survey (QLFS) for the third quarter of 2021 show that the number of employed persons decreased by 660 000 in the third quarter of read more »
Registration for Census 2022 data collection is open
Data Story                                                                                                                01 December 2021 Registration for Census 2022 read more »
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The South African economy sheds more than half a million jobs in the 3rd quarter of 2021
According to the Quarterly Labour Force Survey (QLFS) for the 3rd quarter of 2021, the number of employed persons declined by 660Â 000 to 14,3 million compared to the 2nd quarter of 2021. The decline in employment is coupled with a decline in the number of unemployed persons to 7,6 million from 7,8 million, resulting in read more »
Recorded live births, 2020
MEDIA RELEASE 11 November 2021 Recorded live births, 2020 South Africa records almost 35Â 000 teenage mothers in 2020Â A total of 1 003Â 307 births were registered in South Africa in 2020. Of these, 899Â 303 (89,6%) were births that occurred and were registered in 2020 (current birth registrations), while 104Â 004 (10,4%) were births that occurred in read more »
Stats SA to conduct Census 2022 in 100 Days
Media Release                                                                                 25 October 2021 Stats SA to conduct Census 2022 in 100 Days In 100 days from today, Statistics South Africa will undertake a population and housing census, Census 2022, from 2 February next year. This will be the fourth population count since 1994. Stats SA will recruit about 165 000 temporary field staff read more »
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Healthcare and education spending: GP and WC the odd ones out
Provincial government plays a vital role in the administration of the country’s health and education systems, responsible for providing basic education to learners and healthcare to those in need. These two mammoth tasks take up the bulk of provincial government spending. In the 2019/20 fiscal year, total provincial government expenditure was R628,8 billion. Education was the read more »
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A new and improved GDP is here!
Stats SA has finalised a comprehensive overhaul of its national accounts. The latest gross domestic product (GDP) rebasing and benchmarking exercise has resulted in an upward revision in the size of the economy, as well as changes to the composition of the supply and demand sides of economic activity. Remaining relevant is key Any statistical read more »
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South African labour market is more favourable to men than women
Equal opportunity and equal treatment in the labour market are at the core of decent work. Unfortunately, women in South Africa and around the world still face additional challenges that hinder them from accessing employment. Once they are in employment, appointments to decision-making positions and jobs in certain sectors, or of certain characteristics, remain elusive. read more »
Mbalo Brief – August 2021
Population estimation or projections are important for any country because they help organizations, governments, researchers and policy makers to plan and make decisions about the future of the country. Projections can help these organizations estimate the volume of basic human need such as food, water, sanitation, housing, power and transportations required by the population of read more »
Stats SA resumes face-to-face data collection for Pilot Census from 13 August
Stats SA will deploy fieldworkers to collect data for the Pilot Census from 13 to 31 August 2021. Fieldworkers will be visiting sampled households in seven provinces namely: Eastern Cape, Free State, Gauteng, Limpopo, Mpumalanga, Northern Cape and North West. Fieldwork in Kwa-Zulu Natal and Western Cape will resume at a later date. The fieldworkers read more »