Non-financial census of municipalities, 2017
Media Release                                                                        04 June 2018  Non-financial census of municipalities, 2017                                                                The number of consumer units receiving services from municipalities increased between 2016 and 2017. The highest percentage read more »
Statistics South Africa releases the results of the Non-financial census of municipalities for 2017
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Education Series Volume IV: Early Childhood Development in South Africa, 2016
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Statistician-General to release the ‘Education Series Volume IV: Early Childhood Development in South Africa.
MEDIA INVITE                                                                                             22 February 2018  Statistician-General to release the ‘Education Series Volume IV: Early Childhood Development in South Africa.  The Statistician-General, of South Africa, Mr Risenga Maluleke, will release the results of the thematic report on 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 »
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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 »
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Which municipalities spend the most per resident?
Turn on a tap. Switch on a light. Take a bus to work. Your daily life is filled with hundreds of small instances where you depend, in some form or another, on services that your city provides, be it running water, electricity or public transport. Which South African municipalities spend the most, per resident, on read more »
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Electricity: big business for municipalities
The recent power blackout in Msunduzi municipality again highlights the importance of electricity supply. Large parts of Pietermaritzburg were plunged into darkness for about a week when saboteurs, suspected to be striking workers, disrupted the city’s power grid2. It might be common knowledge that municipalities are involved in power distribution in South Africa, but many read more »
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Municipalities: Which are most in debt?
The answer might surprise you. Stats SA’s recently released Financial census of municipalities report, for 2016, provides in-depth detail on the financial state of South Africa’s municipalities, including levels of debt. How solvent are South African municipalities? To answer that question, we turn to a financial ratio called the debt ratio. The debt ratio is read more »
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Which national government departments pay the highest average salaries?
South Africa’s 47 national government departments spent R137 billion on compensation of employees during the 2015/16 fiscal year. Which departments paid their employees the most in terms of compensation? Stats SA breaks it down for you. According to the data, sourced from the latest Financial statistics of national government report1, 70% of the R137 billion read more »