Three facts from the Census of Commercial Agriculture
Right now, if a natural disaster happened in Gauteng’s West Rand district, 31% of the nation’s carrot crop would be at risk. Stats SA’s latest set of reports on commercial agriculture show how certain agricultural activities are concentrated in a few, often relatively small, geographical areas. If we take a national view, the production of read more »
Mbalo Brief – March 2020
Human Rights Day is a public holiday in South Africa celebrated on 21 March each year. On this day in 1960, the community of Sharpevilletownship embarked on a protest march against pass laws. The pass laws were designed to segregate the population, manage urbanisation, and allocate migrant labour. Black South Africans over the age of 16 read more »
Quarterly Labour Force Survey (QLFS) – Q4:2019
MEDIA RELEASE                                                                                            11 February 2020                             Quarterly Labour Force Survey (QLFS) – Q4:2019 The results of the Quarterly Labour Force Survey (QLFS) for the fourth quarter of 2019 indicate that the official unemployment rate remained unchanged (29,1%) compared to read more »
National Household Travel Survey (NHTS)
Travel is a necessity South Africans travel from their homes to places of work, education, healthcare, for business, for leisure and social activities daily. Travel is a necessity. The increase in urbanisation and population numbers changes the demand for urban infrastructure and transport services. But, how can we know and understand transport needs and behaviour read more »
Mbalo Brief – November 2019
Statistics South Africa (Stats SA) recently concluded the Census 2021 Mini Test, which took place from 9 October to 6 November 2019 in selected areas around the country. The purpose of this mini test was to test data collection methods, questionnaire and operation systems to prepare for the population census that will be conducted in 2021. However, read more »
Quarterly Labour Force Survey (QLFS) – Q3:2019
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Unemployment rises slightly in third quarter of 2019
South Africa’s unemployment rate increased by 0,1 of a percentage point to 29,1% in Q3 of 2019. According to the Quarterly Labour Force Survey (QLFS) released by Statistics South Africa, this is the highest unemployment rate since Stats SA started measuring unemployment using the QLFS in 2008. Between Q2: 2019 and Q3: 2019, the number read more »
Stats SA to visit Mankweng and update media on the Census 2021 Mini Test
Media advisory                                                                                     11 October 2019 Stats SA to visit Mankweng and update media on the Census 2021 Mini Test The Statistician General of South Africa, Risenga Maluleke, will lead a delegation of fieldworkers and stakeholders on a walkabout as Census 2021 Mini Test data collection continues in Mankweng in Limpopo. Several households in read more »
An update to municipal spending and revenue (June 2019)
South Africa’s 257 municipalities spent a total of R101,3 billion in the second quarter of 2019 (April to June). This is the first time that quarterly municipal spending has breached the R100 billion mark. The R101,3 billion is R15,3 billion more than what was spent in the first quarter (January to March), representing an increase of 18%. This read more »
Municipal bucket toilet use continues to decline
The number of consumer units using municipal bucket toilets fell from 60Â 557 in 2017 to 42Â 612 in 2018. This represents a 29,6% decrease in a single year, according to the latest Non-financial census of municipalities report. In 2014, the total was 85Â 718. The bucket toilets1 mentioned here are those that municipalities provide to communities located read more »