Statistician-General to release the results of the Governance, Public Safety and Justice Survey (GPSJS) 2022/23, Victims of Crime Report
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 17 August 2023 Â Statistician-General to release the results of the Governance, Public Safety and Justice Survey (GPSJS) 2022/23, Victims of Crime Report The Statistician-General of South Africa, Mr Risenga Maluleke, will release the results of the Victims of Crime report from the Governance, Public Safety and Justice Survey (GPSJS) 2022/23 at a read more »
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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 »
Statistics South Africa to release the Quarterly Labour Force Survey (QLFS), Quarter 2 of 2023
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 10 August 2023 read more »
Stats Biz – July 2023
Employee costs take up a sizable chunk of municipal spending. Staff remuneration costs accounted for 28% of total municipal expenditure in 2022, according to recent data from Stats SA. The aggregate proportion of 28% falls within the National Treasury norm of 25%‒40%. A more nuanced picture emerges if we map all 257 municipalities. Explore local read more »
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Economic wrap-up for July 2023
If you’ve missed any recent economic data from Stats SA, we’ve got you covered. Here is a quick rundown of what you need to know. These cities rule our manufacturing industry It’s not often that industry data are published for districts. Detailed spatial data require large surveys with large samples, which can be expensive. That read more »
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Three facts about the manufacturing industry (2021)
There are two reasons to be excited about two recent manufacturing reports. First, covering the results of a detailed 2021 survey, the reports provide provincial- and district-level data. Second, they offer detailed insight into the state of the manufacturing industry in South Africa in terms of employment, finances, and the quantities of manufactured products. The read more »
Statistician-General to release the 2021 manufacturing report
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 20 July 2023 Statistician-General to release the 2021 manufacturing report The Statistician-General of South Africa, Mr Risenga Maluleke, will release the manufacturing report at a virtual media briefing to be held on Monday, 24 July 2023. The manufacturing report measures expenditure, production, income and spread of the manufacturing sector in the country. The read more »
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Consumer inflation retreats to 5,4%
Annual headline inflation cooled to 5,4% in June from 6,3% in May, sinking below the upper limit of the South African Reserve Bank’s monetary policy target range. The last time inflation was below 6% was in April 2022. The rate in June is the lowest reading in 20 months (since October 2021) when the rate was 5,0%. The read more »
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Falling inside the norm: Municipal remuneration and contractor spending
A wide range of indicators inform municipal financial health. In 2014, National Treasury published a uniform set of financial norms and ratios for local government.1 Stats SA recently published data that can be used to inform these norms. In the examples below, we explore how municipalities fare in terms of remuneration and contracted services. Paying read more »
Stats Biz – June 2023
One of the important tasks of national government is to redistribute funds, mainly received from taxes, to other sectors of the economy. A large portion of national government spending was in the form of financial transfers to households, public corporations, organisations and other levels of government. Explore government spending, as well as other stories, in read more »