Vulnerable Groups Series I: The Social Profile of Youth, 2009–2014
Media Release 18 April 2016 Vulnerable Groups Series I: The Social Profile of Youth, 2009–2014  According to the Vulnerable Groups Series I: the social profile of youth, 2009-2014 the number of young people living below the poverty line decreased across all provinces; with Free State, Limpopo, and Northern Cape leading the pack with declines read more »
National and provincial labour market: Youth Q1: 2008 to Q1: 2014
The unemployment rate among youth increased from 32,7% to 36,1% between 2008 and 2014; in the post recessionary period, the unemployment rate has been consistently higher among youth than among adults by more than 20 percentage points. The report released by Statistics South Africa examines in detail various aspects of the situation faced by youth read more »
SEZ Income Surges to R18, 9 Billion in 2023
Press Release                                                                                                                    11 April 2024 SEZ Income Surges to R18, 9 Billion in 2023 Gqeberha, 11 April – The Coega Special Economic Zone (SEZ) in Gqeberha is showing consistent growth in both income and capital expenditure, and employs more women and youth, according to the latest Statistics South Africa survey. Investors made R18,9 billion read more »
Discouraged Work-Seekers Decline in SA in Q3:2023
South Africa’s working-age population that are discouraged have shown a willingness to shift from being inactive to actively engaging in the labour market, either through employment or job-seeking efforts. This is evident in the results of the Quarterly Labour Force Survey (QLFS) for the third quarter of 2023. The number of persons who were not read more »
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 »
Gender statistics experts to deliberate on the care economy and its impact on gender equality
Media Advisory                               25 August 2023 Gender statistics experts to deliberate on the care economy and its impact on gender equality Statistics South Africa, in collaboration read more »
Equality in the job market still eludes women in SA
South Africa celebrates Women’s Month in August. 9 August commemorates the women’s march of 1956, a protest against the extension of Pass Laws to women, which sought to control rather than empower them. The 2023 theme for Women’s Month, ‘Accelerating Socio-Economic Opportunities for Women’s Empowerment’, calls for the heightening of socio-economic programs and activities across read more »
Stats SA Media Communications
MEDIA ADVISORYÂ Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â 11 November 2022Â Â Â Â Â Â The global population is set to reach 8 billion on 15 November 2022. The Statistician-General of South Africa, Mr Risenga Maluleke, and the Representative for the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), Dr Bannet Ndyanabangi, will jointly commemorate the World at 8 Billion at a media briefing to read more »
Natural Capital Accounting Forum, 2022
Statistics South Africa (Stats SA), in partnership with the South African National Biodiversity Institute (SANBI), Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment (DFFE) and the Water Research Commission (WRC) hosted the second in-person Natural Capital Accounting Forum from 18 to 19 October 2022. The event brought together a wide range of experts to share knowledge, read more »
Vacancies
STATISTICS SOUTH AFRICA Stats SA provides scientific knowledge that enables society to understand complex socio-economic phenomena. It draws its mandate from the Statistics Act, 1999 (Act No 6 of 1999). Stats SA strives to excel in the following five competencies: Intellectual capability to lead the scientific work of statistics, Technological competence for purposes of large-scale read more »