Respondents are extremely worried about the possible collapse of the economy.
Media Release                                                                                                     30 April 2020  Respondents are extremely worried about the possible collapse of the economy. Respondents were staying indoors and only left their houses to get food or medicine, according to the COVID-19 behavioural and health perception survey results released by Statistics South Africa (Stats SA). The survey was conducted in the week read more »
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COVID-19: Greater concern about economic collapse than health
Statistics South Africa (Stats SA) has embarked on a series of three online surveys to measure the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on households in the country. This report is the first wave in the series and focuses on health-related aspects in terms of behaviour, knowledge and perceptions with regard to COVID-19. The survey was read more »
Impact of COVID-19 on Economic Statistics in Statistics South Africa
Background The personal, social and economic impact of COVID-19 is unlike anything experienced by the world in the past 75 years. Stats SA is aware of the need for timely data to understand these impacts, but is equally constrained by the restrictions put in place to manage the spread of the coronavirus. The task of read more »
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Lockdown will impact on the collection and publication of official statistics
Statistics South Africa (Stats SA’s) ability to publish official statistics will be impacted by the lockdown announced by President Ramaphosa. As most businesses will be closed over that period, and movement will be restricted, data collection for both economic and household surveys will not be possible. As the lockdown goes into effect at midnight on read more »
Lockdown will impact on the collection and publication of official statistics
MEDIA STATEMENT                                                                                           26 March 2020                           Lockdown will impact on the collection and publication of official statistics Statistics South Africa (Stats SA’s) ability to publish official statistics will be impacted by read more »
Stats SA’s NHTS aims to inform transport planning
MEDIA RELEASE                                                                                                                29 January  2020                                                   Stats SA’s NHTS read more »
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Economy stumbles in the first quarter
The South African economy slumped sharply in the first three months of 2019, contracting by 3,2%.1 Seven of the ten industries took a knock, with manufacturing, mining and trade the biggest contributors to the fall. Construction, mining and trade are in recession. The 3,2% decline is the biggest quarterly fall in economic activity since the read more »
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Dismal December for retailers
The most important month of the year for retail trade is December, when many consumers are on holiday and go Christmas shopping. But December 2018 was a tough month for retail in South Africa. The volume of sales fell by 1,4% year-on-year, which was the first negative annual growth rate since February 2017. The poor read more »
While crime increases, fear rises and trust in criminal justice system drops
The general level of crime as estimated by VOCS has been declining during the past five years but increased in 2016/17 and 2017/18. Household crimes increased by 5% to a total of 1,5 million incidences of crime while individual crime also increased by 5% to a total of 1,6 incidences, affecting 1,4 million individuals aged read more »
Non-financial census of municipalities, 2017
Media Release                                                                        04 June 2018  Non-financial census of municipalities, 2017                                                                The number of consumer units receiving services from municipalities increased between 2016 and 2017. The highest percentage read more »