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 »

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 »

For Immediate Release                                      20 January 2022   Deputy Minister in the Presidency to outline Census 2022 State of readiness Deputy Minister in the Presidency, Ms Thembi Siweya, and the Statistician-General, Mr Risenga Maluleke, will on Tuesday 25 January 2022, outline Stats SA’s state of readiness to conduct the nationwide population and housing census, Census 2022   read more »

CAR HIRE REQUIRED FOR CENSUS 2022 PROJECT Statistics South Africa (Stats SA) will be conducting the population Census between January and July 2022. Approximately one thousand three hundred and eighty six (1386) vehicles will be required at this stage for the project. We are therefore requesting all suppliers who have the fleet of cars and   read more »

Headline consumer inflation ended 2021 at 5,9% in December, up from 5,5% in November. The monthly increase was 0,6%, slightly higher than the 0,5% rise recorded between October and November. Average consumer inflation for 2021 was 4,5%, higher than the averages recorded for 2020 (3,3%) and 2019 (4,1%). The factors driving the rise in the   read more »

Media Alert                                                                            29 December 2021 Stats SA extends closing date for Census 2022 Recruitment Drive to 31 January 2022. The closing date for Census 2022 Recruitment Drive is extended to 31 January 2022. This will give the 2021 matriculants, who will receive their results towards the end of January 2022, a chance to apply   read more »

Application for Census 2022 contract opportunities is only through the Stats SA website. Only online applications will be considered. Do not submit application documents to anyone.

Would it surprise you to know that women in South Africa are far less likely to have a driver’s license than men? According to a new gender report, Gender Series Volume VIII: Gender patterns in Transport, 2013–2020, released by Statistics South Africa, only 21,8% of females possessed a driver’s license in 2020 compared to 40,1%   read more »

Jobs in the formal non-agricultural sector increased by 52 000 in the third quarter of 2021, bringing the total number of persons employed in the formal non-agricultural sector in South Africa to approximately 9,62 million. According to the Quarterly Employment Statistics (QES, Q3:2021) survey released by Statistics South Africa (Stats SA), year-on-year, formal sector jobs increased   read more »

Annual consumer inflation accelerated to its highest reading in more than four-and-a-half years in November, driven mostly by rising transport costs. The annual change in the consumer price index (CPI) was 5,5%, up from 5,0% in October and September. This is the biggest annual increase since March 2017 when the rate was 6,1%. The monthly   read more »