Four facts about indigent households
If South Africa were a suburb of 100 households, 22 would be beneficiaries of government’s indigent programme. Stats SA’s recent Non-financial census of municipalities provides insight into those households that struggle to afford access to basic services. Fact 1: 22% of households are classified as indigent In 2001 South Africa adopted a policy intended read more »
Mbalo Brief – October 2018
After recording two consecutive quarters of negative gross domestic product (GDP) growth in the first and second quarter of 2018, South Africa’s economy has slipped into a technical recession. One of the negative contributors to the GDP growth was transport, contributing -4,9 percentage points. However, there is still hope for the industry, especially since October read more »
Agric Census has begun
It’s all systems go as Statistician–General and head of Statistics South Africa (Stats SA), Mr Risenga Maluleke, this morning led a delegation of Stats SA fieldworkers to collect data at a farm in Bapsfontein in the East Rand for the Census of Commercial Agriculture (CoCA). About 600 fieldworkers wearing Stats SA branded gear, across the country are currently collecting data from farmers in order to count the number of commercial farmers, 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 »
Gender series IV: Economic Empowerment 2001-2017 report
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Only 10% of waste recycled in South Africa
Did you know that 90% of an estimated 59 million tonnes of general waste produced in South Africa in 2011 ended up in landfills, while only 10% was recycled?1 The rapid growth in solid waste and the fact that there is a shortage of suitable land to dispose of waste means that South Africa is read more »
#WomensMonth: Exploring the mayoral glass ceiling
Three of South Africa’s eight metropolitan municipalities were headed by female mayors in 2017. Executive Mayors Zandile Gumede (eThekwini), Olly Mlamleli (Mangaung) and Patricia de Lille (Cape Town) collectively presided over a population of 8,7 million people, comprising 15% of South Africa’s total population.1 It’s not only these high-profile cities that have a woman in read more »
Recorded live births, 2017
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Census 2021 New Methodologies Test
Statistics South Africa (Stats SA) is moving from the traditional paper and pen method of data collection to utilising digital data collection. These new methodologies need to be tested before we go into field to conduct the next census in 2021. The Census 2021 New Methodologies Test will test three different methods of data collection, read more »
Quarterly Labour Force Survey – QLFS Q2:2018
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