MEDIA NOTICE                                                                                                                                                                         7 August 2020 Quarterly Labour Force Survey (Q2: 2020) postponement The results of the Quarterly Labour Force Survey (QLFS) for the 2nd quarter of 2020 were scheduled for release on 11 August 2020. However, given the fact that Stats SA collected Quarterly Labour Force (QLFS) data using Computer Assisted Telephone Interviewing (CATI) for   read more »

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Media Release                                                                                                       28 April 2020 Statistics South Africa to use telephonic data collection for Quarterly Labour Force Survey (Q2) 2020 The lockdown and progression of the pandemic resulted in the discontinuation of face-to-face data collection on 19 March 2020. Further to this, Statistics South Africa’s (Stats SA) Executive Committee took a decision to suspend   read more »

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 »

MEDIA ADVISORY                                                                   06 February 2020 Statistics South Africa to release the Quarterly Labour Force Survey (QLFS), 4th Quarter 2019 Statistics South Africa (Stats SA) will release the results of the Quarterly Labour Force Survey (QLFS) for the 4th quarter of 2019 at a media briefing to be held on Tuesday,11 February 2020 in Pretoria. The   read more »

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MEDIA ADVISORY                                                                                                               23 October 2019 Statistics South Africa to release the Quarterly Labour Force Survey (QLFS), 3rd Quarter 2019 The Statistician-General of South Africa, Mr Risenga Maluleke, will release the   read more »

MEDIA RELEASE 30 July 2019 Quarterly Labour Force Survey (QLFS) – Q2:2019 The results of the Quarterly Labour Force Survey (QLFS) for the second quarter of 2019 released by Statistics South Africa, indicate that the official unemployment rate increased by 1,4 percentage points to 29,0% compared to the first quarter of 2019. The number of   read more »

MEDIA ADVISORY                                                                   24 July 2019 Statistics South Africa to release the Quarterly Labour Force Survey (QLFS), 2nd Quarter 2019 Statistics South Africa (Stats SA) will release the results of the Quarterly Labour Force Survey (QLFS) for the second quarter of 2019 at a media briefing to be held on Tuesday,30 July 2019 in Pretoria. Media   read more »

 MEDIA RELEASE                                                                                                                                                               14 May 2019                    Quarterly Labour Force Survey – QLFS Q1:2019  The results of the Quarterly Labour Force Survey (QLFS) for the first quarter of 2019 released by Statistics South Africa, indicate that the official unemployment rate increased by 0,5 of a percentage point to 27,6% compared to the fourth quarter   read more »