Stats SA today released the Q1:2014 results which show a quarterly decline in employment by 122 000 due to a loss of 110 000 jobs in the informal sector. Formal sector employment was virtually unchanged at 10,8 million compared with the previous quarter, while both Private households and Agriculture shed jobs (14 000 and 5 000 respectively). The   read more »

On 27 April 1994, over 19 million South Africans of all races voted in the country’s first free and fair non-racial general elections. This milestone in the struggle for equality and human rights ended over three hundred years of racial segregation, colonialism and apartheid. Since 1995, the 27th of April has been celebrated in commemoration   read more »

The 2011 population census included a set of questions designed to gather information about households that are involved in some form of agricultural activity. These results were made available on a provincial basis on 31 March 2014. Stats SA can now disseminate the information on a municipal level as well. To illustrate its use, the   read more »

It would appear that South Africans are quite happy to wear out their shoe leather by walking to nearby destinations. Across all provinces, the majority of respondents indicated that they used their own energy to get to where they were going if their destination was nearby. Northern Cape had the lowest percentage of travellers who   read more »

Please be advised that it was decided during the 7th Meeting of the Committee of Directors General (CoDGs) of National Statistics Offices held from 5th to 7th December 2013 in Johannesburg that the 9th ASSD previously scheduled to take place in Gaborone, Botswana on 27-31 January 2014 be postponed to 17-21 February 2014. The reason   read more »

Organisation and coordination The meeting is jointly organised by the African Union Commission (AUC), the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA), the African Development Bank (AfDB), the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), the Government of the Republic of Botswana as host, Statistics South Africa as the ASSD Secretariat and other statistical partners. The main   read more »

On 18 July of 1918, somewhere in a small village in the world, on the African continent, in South Africa, in the Transkei, in Mvezo, a royal baThembu family was blessed with a baby boy – a boy who rose to become a world icon – a boy who today stands head and shoulders above   read more »

Statement on the 9th Africa Symposium on Statistical Development Pali J. Lehohla: South African Statistician-General and ASSD Chairman Colleagues, The drum is beating again and louder, this time beckoning the African statistical community to the 9th Africa Symposium on Statistical Development to be held at the majestic Gaborone International Convention Centre in Gaborone, Botswana from   read more »

ANNOUNCEMENT (ENGLISH) 9TH AFRICA SYMPOSIUM ON STATISTICAL DEVELOPMENT The 9th installment of the Africa Symposia on Statistical Development will be held as follows: Theme : Promoting Use of Civil Registration and Vital Statistics in Support of Good Governance in Africa Dates : 17th to 21st February 2014 Host Country : Government of the Republic of   read more »

ANNOUNCEMENT (ENGLISH) 9TH AFRICA SYMPOSIUM ON STATISTICAL DEVELOPMENT The 9th installment of the Africa Symposia on Statistical Development will be held as follows: Theme : Promoting Use of Civil Registration and Vital Statistics in Support of Good Governance in Africa Dates : 17th to 21st February 2014 Host Country : Government of the Republic of   read more »