MINISTER AND DEPUTY MINISTER IN THE PRESIDENCY TO JOIN STATS SA IN COUNTING THE TRANSIENT, THE HOMELESS POPULATION AND NEWBORNS ON CENSUS NIGHT
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 »
The South African economy sheds more than half a million jobs in the 3rd quarter of 2021
According to the Quarterly Labour Force Survey (QLFS) for the 3rd quarter of 2021, the number of employed persons declined by 660Â 000 to 14,3 million compared to the 2nd quarter of 2021. The decline in employment is coupled with a decline in the number of unemployed persons to 7,6 million from 7,8 million, resulting in read more »
Population numbers to redefine our country and its dispensation
Media Release                                                                           10 October 2021  Population numbers to redefine our country and its dispensation The night of October 9/10th marks a decade since the last population census was rolled out in all areas across the country and it serves as countdown to the next population count in February 2022. A census night is a read more »
Continuous Population Survey (CPS) test goes to the field
Who are the poor? Where do they live? And what are their life circumstances? This is part of the information that the expenditure year of the Continuous Population Survey (CPS) aims to collect from South African households to monitor and profile poverty and inequality levels in the country and to provide data that can be read more »
South African labour market is more favourable to men than women
Equal opportunity and equal treatment in the labour market are at the core of decent work. Unfortunately, women in South Africa and around the world still face additional challenges that hinder them from accessing employment. Once they are in employment, appointments to decision-making positions and jobs in certain sectors, or of certain characteristics, remain elusive. read more »
Youth still find it difficult to secure jobs in South Africa
This year marks the 45th anniversary of the 16 June 1976 student uprising in Soweto. In 1994, the new democratic government declared 16 June as National Youth Day and June as the Youth Month. With the focus on the youth under the theme: “The Year of Charlotte Mannya Maxeke: Growing youth employment for an inclusive read more »
Education Series Volume VII: Children’s education and well-being in South Africa, 2018
Media Release                                                                                                          25 February 2021 Education Series Volume VII: Children’s education and well-being in South Africa, 2018 Statistics South Africa today released Children’s education and well-being in read more »
More people participate in the South African labour market in the 4th quarter of 2020
According to the Quarterly Labour Force Survey (QLFS), there was an increase of 333Â 000 in the number of employed persons, an increase of 701Â 000 in the number of unemployed persons and a decrease of 890Â 000 in the number of people who are out of the labour force, in the 4th quarter of 2020 compared to read more »
The shifting nature of South Africa’s landscape: a 24-year snapshot of land cover change
The land under our feet is, in several senses, living. Alive in terms of the organisms that support healthy soils to cultivate crops. Active in terms of abiotic (non-living) and biotic (living) factors that interact with each other to create distinct ecological systems. Malleable in terms of the changes that humans bring about. Digital snapshots read more »
South Africa in line for first-ever digital census
Statistics South Africa (Stats SA) will conduct a trial to the first ever digital census to be conducted in the country. The Census 2021 Trial, scheduled to start from 10 August – 06 September 2020 in selected areas around the country will test online and telephonic data collection to prepare for remote data collection in read more »