MEDIA STATEMENT                                                         9 FEBRUARY 2022 Stats SA enumerates Deputy President David Mabuza Wednesday Deputy President David Mubuza was enumerated today as part of the Census 2022 for population and housing count. Head of Stats SA, Statistician-General Risenga Maluleke introduced enumerators in Census 2022 gear to the Deputy President at Rondebosch in Cape Town on   read more »

REQUEST FOR QUOTATION CAR HIRE REQUIRED FOR CENSUS 2022 PROJECT Statistics South Africa (Stats SA) will be conducting the population Census between February and July 2022. Approximately five hundred (500) vehicles will be required at this stage for the project. We are therefore requesting all suppliers who have the fleet of cars and are interested   read more »

MEDIA ADVISORY                                                                                                05 February 2022 Census 2022 fieldworkers to count former President Jacob Zuma’s household in Nkandla Statistics South Africa (Stats SA) will on Monday 7 February visit the former president of South Africa, Mr Jacob Zuma to enumerate his   read more »

The composition of the inflation basket tells us a lot about the spending patterns of consumers. In the most recent update of the basket, fourteen new items were added, while two items were removed. Gin, which has become a more popular beverage in recent times, is one of the new items. Explore the inflation basket,   read more »

Media Release                                                                            02 February 2022 South Africa’s nationwide digital population counts kicks off on Census Night The country’s digital population count kicks off this Census Night of 2 February 2022, as Statistics South Africa (Stats SA) counts the homeless, transients, special dwelling institutions (SDIs), hotels and populations in communal living structures in the country.   read more »

MEDIA ADVISORY TUESDAY 02 FEBRUARY 2022 MINISTER AND DEPUTY MINISTER IN THE PRESIDENCY TO JOIN STATS SA IN COUNTING THE TRANSIENT, THE HOMELESS POPULATION AND NEWBORNS ON CENSUS NIGHT Minister in the Presidency, Mondli Gungubele, will join the Statistics South Africa (Stats SA) team in Cape Town on Census Night to enumerate the transient population   read more »

Stats SA published changes to the consumer inflation basket, providing insight into how household spending habits have shifted since 2016. It is best practice for national statistical offices to update the basket at least every five years to ensure that it adequately reflects trends in household spending, technology and consumer tastes. The process involves removing   read more »

CAR HIRE REQUIRED FOR CENSUS 2022 PROJECT   Statistics South Africa (Stats SA) will be conducting the population Census between February and July 2022. Approximately one thousand (1000) vehicles will be required at this stage for the project. We are therefore requesting all suppliers who have the fleet of cars and are interested to participate   read more »

MEDIA STATEMENT                                                                        25 January 2022 Stats SA to undertake nationwide Census in eight days Statistics South Africa outlined the country’s state of readiness to undertake a population and housing census at a media briefing in Pretoria on Tuesday. Deputy Minister in the Presidency Thembi Siweya visited Stats SA’s head office at Salvokop and received a   read more »

MEDIA ADVISORY                                                                   27 January 2022 Statistics South Africa to publish new CPI weights and changes to the basket of goods and services Statistics South Africa (Stats SA) will publish new weights for the Consumer Price Index (CPI), together with changes to the CPI basket of goods and services, at a virtual media briefing to be   read more »