Media Statement: Statistics South Africa to make changes to CPI basket and weights
Media Statement 21 September 2016 Statistics South Africa to make changes to CPI basket and weights Statistics South Africa today announced that it would make changes to the Consumer Price Index (CPI) basket of goods and services, and the weights attached to these, with effect from the January 2017 release of the CPI. read more »
You can’t teach a hungry child: school nutrition in focus
School feeding programmes contribute to the well-being and education of children, according to the United Nations World Food Programme1. Stats SA takes a look at data on hunger in South Africa and explores the reach and cost of South Africa’s National School Nutrition Programme (NSNP). South Africans are less hungry than they were 13 years read more »
Media Release: Farming communities are unreceptive towards health survey
Media release 12 September 2016 Farming communities are unreceptive towards health survey fieldworkers South African Demographic and Heath Survey (SADHS) fieldworkers are experiencing challenges in some areas of the country, which is delaying the completion of data collection for the survey. Most of the areas in which fieldworkers find themselves not welcome are read more »
Stats Biz – August 2016
In recognition of Women’s Month, Stats SA takes a dive into the data to explore gender representation in local government. How have municipalities done in ensuring that women are adequately represented in mayoral, managerial and councillor positions? Explore gender equality, as well as other stories, in this edition of Stats Biz. Download Stats Biz read more »
Positive GDP growth in the second quarter of 2016
South Africa’s economy grew by 3,3% quarter-on-quarter (seasonally adjusted and annualised), according to estimates of real gross domestic product (measured by production). This is the fastest quarter-on-quarter rise in economic activity since the fourth quarter of 2014. Year-on-year growth in the second quarter of 2016 was 0,6%. The mining and manufacturing industries contributed over half read more »
Media Release: Mpumalanga Community Survey 2016 results
Mpumalanga Community Survey 2016 results The total population recorded for Mpumalanga in 2016 was 4,4 million, an increase from the population of 4,1 million in 2011, making it the fourth smallest province in the country in terms of population size, after the North West. 49,3% of the population in the province are male read more »
Gender equality: have municipalities walked the talk?
As the dust settles from the municipal elections, new faces are bound to fill leadership positions within many municipalities. With National Women’s Day around the corner, Stats SA takes a current look at gender representation in local government, focusing on mayoral, managerial and councillor positions. Municipal mayors Representation: 38% and lower than before You read more »
A breakdown of the EBA financial pie
You might be surprised to learn that the South African Revenue Service (SARS) is not a national government department. It is in fact an extra-budgetary account (EBA), together with other entities such as the Public Protector and the Gautrain Management Agency. Read further to find out how the financial pie is divided amongst this diverse read more »
A ten-year snapshot of business profitability in South Africa
How well have South African businesses performed? This can be a complicated question that can be tackled with a range of indicators. From the wealth of financial data available from the recently published Quarterly Financial Statistics (QFS), Stats SA takes a look at one such indicator: the profit margin ratio. A limitation of financial read more »
Media Release: Eastern Cape Community Survey 2016 results
Eastern Cape’s population increased from 6,6 million people in 2011 to 7 million in 2016, making it the third most populous province in the country, behind Gauteng (13,4 million) and KwaZulu-Natal (11,1 million). The number of households in the province has also increased to 1,8 million in 2016, from 1,7 million in 2011. The read more »