![Economic wrap-up for March 2024](https://www.statssa.gov.za/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/EconPic1-64x64.jpg)
Economic wrap-up for March 2024
Stats SA had a packed publication schedule in March. The statistical agency published 37 releases in the month, including several annual and quarterly reports. Notable releases: Tourism, water and municipal services The headwinds from the COVID-19 pandemic hit all industries hard, including the tourism sector. Although tourism is slowly returning to an even keel, it read more »
Stats Biz – March 2024
A water resource account is a balance sheet for a geographical area, providing data on water inflows, water outflows and changes in water storage. Detailed experimental accounts, published for the period 2015 to 2021, provide modelled estimates of water flows for three catchment areas. Explore the evaporation ratio, as well as other stories, in this read more »
![Road transport accident deaths on the increase in SA](https://www.statssa.gov.za/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Number-of-pedestrian-deaths-final-64x64.jpg)
Road transport accident deaths on the increase in SA
South Africa is part of the consortium of nations that signed the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, adopted by all United Nations members in 2015. The aim of the Sustainable Development Goal (SDG), Target 3.6 was to halve the number of global deaths and injuries from road traffic accidents by 2030. However, results of a read more »
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Solar energy for the poor
Households and businesses are adopting alternative sources of energy as load shedding bites. What may not be well known is that many municipalities are in the game too, providing off-grid energy sources to the poorest households. The Free Basic Alternative Energy (FBAE) policy1 instructs municipalities to supply alternative sources of energy to poor households that read more »
![Liquid ledger: SA develops experimental water resource accounts](https://www.statssa.gov.za/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/water5-64x64.jpg)
Liquid ledger: SA develops experimental water resource accounts
A water resource account is a balance sheet for a particular geographical area, providing data on water inflows, water outflows and changes in water storage. Water resource accounts in South Africa are physical accounts at the catchment scale, quantifying changes in stocks, flows and water consumption within a defined spatial and temporal domain. Statistics South read more »
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27 March 2024 Statistics South Africa in consultation with the International Organisation for Migration (IOM) compiled the first ever Migration profile report for South Africa Following in the footsteps of more than 100 countries around the world that have developed their own Migration Profiles, Stats SA in consultation with the IOM has compiled the first read more »
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Employment dips in SA’s formal non-agricultural sector during Q4:2023
Statistics South Africa has committed to provide up-to-date and reliable statistics derived from the Quarterly Employment Statistics (QES) survey to ensure accurate information for users and policymakers. The results of the QES, Q4:2023 are derived from the 2023 sample, which was drawn in April 2023. This annual process typically impacts employment and gross earnings levels. read more »
![Most migrants to South Africa come from the SADC region for employment](https://www.statssa.gov.za/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/Immigrants-employment-rates-final-64x64.jpg)
Most migrants to South Africa come from the SADC region for employment
Labour migration, the movement of individuals across the borders for employment purposes, is a fundamental aspect of the global economy and has profound social, economic, and political implications. According to the report, Migration profile report for South Africa: A country profile 2023 released by Statistics South Africa (Stats SA), most migrants entering South Africa originate read more »
![Inflation heats up for a second consecutive month](https://www.statssa.gov.za/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/cpi2-64x64.jpg)
Inflation heats up for a second consecutive month
Annual consumer inflation quickened in February, rising to 5,6% from 5,3% in January and 5,1% in December. Product categories that drove much of the upward momentum include housing & utilities, miscellaneous goods & services (most notably, insurance), food and non-alcoholic beverages (NAB) and transport. A 10,3% month-on-month increase in medical aid premiums (in the miscellaneous read more »
Mbalo Brief – March 2024
South Africa has been experiencing drier and hotter weather in the last few months. According to the South African Weather Service (SAWS) the heatwave that started on Sunday, 19 November 2023 and reached its peak on 27 November, broke records for being the hottest November in the country. On the 27th of November, more than read more »