Its History
HISTORY OF THE ISIBALO CAPACITY BUILDING PROGRAMME In 2009, South Africa hosted the 57th Session of the International Statistical Institute (ISI). The ISI is a prestigious professional body of statisticians worldwide. Hosting the ISI Congress for the first time on the African continent, South Africa asked itself a question that remains relevant to this day: read more »
GHS Series Volume VII: Housing from a human settlement perspective
Media Release 20 April 2016 GHS Series Volume VII: Housing from a human settlement perspective In-depth analysis of General Household Survey (2002-2014) and Census (1996-2011) data The number of households living in formal dwellings across the country has increased from 76% in 2002 to 80% 2014 which signifies that the read more »
Vulnerable Groups Series I: The Social Profile of Youth, 2009–2014
Media Release 18 April 2016 Vulnerable Groups Series I: The Social Profile of Youth, 2009–2014 According to the Vulnerable Groups Series I: the social profile of youth, 2009-2014 the number of young people living below the poverty line decreased across all provinces; with Free State, Limpopo, and Northern Cape leading the pack with declines read more »
Mbalo Brief – April 2016
On 6 April 2016, the South African President Jacob Zuma proclaimed that the local government elections will be held on 3 August 2016. This is the fourth local government elections since the country’s first free and fair non-racial general elections held on 27 April 1994. Local government elections are held to elect members of the read more »
How the weather influences the nation’s use of electricity
Municipal purchases and sales of electricity followed a usual, but very interesting, seasonal pattern in the last three months of 2015, according to Stats SA’s latest Quarterly financial statistics of municipalities report. Published every quarter, the report provides an indication of the financial status of South Africa’s 278 municipalities, including data on where municipalities read more »
Quarterly Employment Statistics, December 2015
23 March 2016 Media Release QUARTERLY EMPLOYMENT STATISTICS Employment There was an estimated 8 992 000 jobs reported in the formal non-agricultural sector in December 2015. This was an increase of 43 000 employees or +0,5% quarter to quarter and an increase of 6 000 employees or +0,1% year on year. Quarterly employment gains read more »
Education report focusing on the Eastern Cape
Media Release 26 February 2016 Education report focusing on the Eastern Cape The Eastern Cape has the second highest percentage of learners in the country that did not pay school fees (81%) in 2013 whereas Limpopo has the highest with 91,0%. This is significantly higher than the national average (62,4%).In 2013, 87,2% learners attended read more »
STATS SA HOLDS UP THE MIRROR FOR KWAZULU-NATAL GOVERNMENT
“Our job is only to hold up the mirror – to tell and show the public what has happened.” Walter Cronkite The Statistician-General for South Africa, Dr Pali Lehohla, today handed over the results of the 2015 KwaZulu-Natal Citizen Satisfaction Survey (CSS) to the Premier of KwaZulu-Natal, the honourable Mr Edward Mchunu. Handing over the read more »
Education monograph
The education monograph provides an in-depth analysis of enrolment, educational attainment, progression, and education differentials based on post 1994 Censuses. Trend analysis is provided using time-plotting events, a technique where age proportions at one data collection point (Census 2011) is projected backwards. The findings on enrolment related indicators showed that among school going age (5-24), read more »
Measuring household expenditure on public transport
01 December 2015 Media Release Taxis most used mode of public transport Taxis are the commonly used mode of public transport in South Africa with just more than half (51,0%) of the households that use public transport (76,7%) relying on them, followed by busses (18,1%) and trains (7,6%). This was highlighted in the Measuring household read more »