Investing in early childhood development is the future
Investing in early childhood development is the future “If we are to break the cycle of poverty, we need to educate the children of the poor.” – President Cyril Ramaphosa, SoNA 2018 The first one thousand days in a child’s life could hold the key to unlocking his/her life-long potential. By the age of 5, read more »
INTERNSHIP OPPORTUNITIES
Statistics South Africa (Stats SA) is offering 2-year internships in a number of fields. To qualify for the internship programme, you must – Be an unemployed graduate aged between 20-35 years; Have completed a Degree/National Diploma (NQF 6) or Honours/ Masters Degree in the listed disciplines/ fields of study from accredited institutions of Higher Learning read more »
Mbalo Brief – February 2018
As we were approaching the end of 2017, the Minister in the Presidency for Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation, Mr Jeff Radebe, announced the appointment of the new Statistician-General (SG) for Statistics South Africa (Stats SA), Mr Risenga Maluleke, on 20 October 2017. The appointment followed the retirement of Dr Pali Lehohla who served as SG read more »
Bumper harvest helps keep economy afloat
The South African economy grew by 2,0% in the third quarter of 2017 (seasonally adjusted and annualised), down from a revised 2,8% in the second quarter. Agriculture, mining and manufacturing were the main drivers of the expansion, while there was a contraction in general government services resulting from low employment numbers in the public sector. read more »
Infographic: Government’s spending priorities
Stats SA recently released a complete overview of total government spending for 2015/16, providing insight into where your tax contributions have gone. Did you know that more money was spent on the police than on primary education, and more on defence than on environmental protection? Have a look at this infographic for more. According to read more »
Formal business sector debt in 2016
South African businesses are borrowing more money. The amount of debt held by the formal business sector1 was up 5,9% in 2016 compared with 2015. Total debt amounted to R5,7 trillion in 2016. The rise in debt was observed in eight of the nine industries, according to Stats SA’s latest Annual financial statistics (AFS) release2. read more »
The SA business sector: turnover and profit
The formal business sector, excluding agriculture and financial intermediation, generated R2,3 trillion in turnover during the second quarter of 2017, i.e. the months of April, May and June. Who was responsible for generating this amount? Stats SA’s Quarterly Financial Statistics (QFS) report, which provides regular updates on the financial state and makeup of South Africa’s read more »
3,5 million travellers to South Africa
Summer is here and it’s time once again for the tourist high season. For those in the tourism industry, it is the busiest time of the year with tourists from around the globe flocking to South African shores to enjoy our beautiful beaches, the African sun and the many attractions that South Africa has to read more »
International Population Conference
16 October 2017 MEDIA BRIEF International Population Conference 29 October – 4 November 2017, Cape Town Introduction/ Situation Analysis Statistics South Africa (Stats SA) will host the 28th International Conference (IPC) of the International Union for the Scientific Study of Population (IUSSP) on behalf of government from 29 October to read more »
World Population
Media advisory 18 October 2017 World Population Scientist descent to Cape Town to consult on population issues to advance policy and development programmes Discourse and solutions around population issues focusing on world poverty, mortality, life expectancy, policy challenges in Africa, read more »