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 advisory                                                                                        11 October 2019 Stats SA to visit Mankweng and update media on the Census 2021 Mini Test  The Statistician General of South Africa, Risenga Maluleke, will lead a delegation of fieldworkers and stakeholders on a walkabout as Census 2021 Mini Test data collection continues in Mankweng in Limpopo. Several households in   read more »

MEDIA STATEMENT For immediate release                                                                                     11 October  2019 Misleading information about Stats SA field staff Owing to the nature of surveys we conduct, Statistics South Africa (Stats SA) continuously engages with communities. We value and understand the importance of trust between the organisation and the communities we collect data from. An unfortunate incident recently occurred   read more »

Statistics South Africa (Stats SA) staff will be in the field conducting the Census 2021 Mini Test from 9 October to 6 November 2019 in selected areas around the country. Fieldworkers will visit households in Buffalo City, Ekurhuleni, Mangaung, Umgungudlovu, Polokwane, Emalahleni, Kimberley, Rustenburg and Cape Town. The purpose of the Census 2021 Mini Test   read more »

MEDIA RELEASE                                                                                                                                                       03 October  2019 Victims of crime report 2018/19 Statistics South Africa today released the Victims of Crime report,   read more »

There were about 1,3 million incidences of housebreaking affecting 5,8% of households in South Africa. The most likely victims of housebreaking were male-headed households, households in metros, Indian/Asian households followed by white households, very low and very high-income households, and households in Northern Cape, Gauteng and KwaZulu-Natal. Approximately 48% of affected households reported incidences to   read more »

South Africa’s 123 provincial government departments spent just over R17 600 per second in the 2017/18 fiscal year. That represents a total of R557 billion over a period of 365 days. The bulk of the money flowed into provincial governments’ two main areas of responsibility: education and health. Education took up the lion’s share. For every R100   read more »

Media release For immediate release                                                                                                                               16 September 2019                          Statistics South Africa ignites plan to count the entire population during Census 2021 Statistics South Africa (Stats SA) will conduct the Census 2021 Mini Test from 9   read more »

After shrinking sharply in the first quarter of 2019, the economy rebounded from a low base to record positive growth of 3,1%1 in the second quarter (April−June). Mining, finance, trade and government services were the main drivers of growth. Three industries (construction, agriculture and transport) registered a slump in production. Mining was the strongest performer   read more »

The number of consumer units using municipal bucket toilets fell from 60 557 in 2017 to 42 612 in 2018. This represents a 29,6% decrease in a single year, according to the latest Non-financial census of municipalities report. In 2014, the total was 85 718. The bucket toilets1 mentioned here are those that municipalities provide to communities located   read more »