Annual consumer inflation held steady at 5,7% in February, unchanged from 5,7% in January. Rising food and transport prices put upward pressure on the monthly rate, with the consumer price index (CPI) increasing by 0,6% between January and February. This CPI release is the second to be compiled using the recently updated weights and basket   read more »

18 March 2022 Professor David Everatt, Chairperson, on behalf of the South African Statistics Council David.everatt@wits.ac.za, 0834559466 Stats SA is a globally recognised centre of excellence for producing official statistics. Stats SA is the only source of official statistics in South Africa. It has kept in touch with or led best practice across a wide   read more »

REQUEST FOR QUOTATION CAR HIRE REQUIRED FOR CENSUS 2022 PROJECT Statistics South Africa (Stats SA) is conducting the population Census between February and July 2022. Approximately three hundred (300) vehicles will be required at this stage for the project. We are therefore requesting all suppliers who have the fleet of cars and are interested to   read more »

Media Alert                                                                          22 February 2022 Online questionnaire completion for Census 2022 closing on 25 February 2022 Statistics South Africa (Stats SA) announced that households who registered to complete the census questionnaire online have until Friday 25th February 2022 to do so. Registration for remote data collection closed on 21 February 2021. While more than 400 000   read more »

MEDIA NOTICE                                                                   19 February 2022 Delay in the release of QLFS Quarter 4 2021 results The release of the results of the Quarterly Labour Force Survey (QLFS) for the 4th quarter of 2021, scheduled for 22 February 2022, has been postponed due to quality checks that need to be conducted before the results can be   read more »

Headline inflation dipped to 5,7% in January from 5,9% in December, mainly the result of lower fuel prices. The consumer price index (CPI) increased by 0,2% between December and January, compared with a monthly rate of 0,6% in December. This CPI release is the first to be compiled using the recently updated weights and basket   read more »

MEDIA STATEMENT                                                         11 FEBRUARY 2022 Stats SA reopens registration for online and telephonic enumeration Stats SA today reopened online Census registration and has extended the period during which the web questionnaire can be completed. Household registrations increased significantly in the days preceding the original close of registration which coincided with the first week of   read more »

REQUEST FOR QUOTATION CAR HIRE REQUIRED FOR CENSUS 2022 PROJECT Statistics South Africa (Stats SA) will be conducting the population Census between February and July 2022. Approximately five hundred (500) vehicles will be required at this stage for the project. We are therefore requesting all suppliers who have the fleet of cars and are interested   read more »

REQUEST FOR QUOTATION CAR HIRE REQUIRED FOR CENSUS 2022 PROJECT Statistics South Africa (Stats SA) will be conducting the population Census between February and July 2022. Approximately five hundred (500) vehicles will be required at this stage for the project. We are therefore requesting all suppliers who have the fleet of cars and are interested   read more »

MEDIA ADVISORY                                                                                                05 February 2022 Census 2022 fieldworkers to count former President Jacob Zuma’s household in Nkandla Statistics South Africa (Stats SA) will on Monday 7 February visit the former president of South Africa, Mr Jacob Zuma to enumerate his   read more »