Four facts about our provincial economies
Each province is unique. Data published recently by Stats SA provide a portrait of South Africa’s provincial economies. Here are four facts you might not have known about our economic landscape. Fact #1 Gauteng is South Africa’s economic powerhouse Don’t let Gauteng’s size on a map fool you. It might be the province with read more »
Education Series Volume V: Higher Education and Skills in South Africa, 2017
MEDIA RELEASE 28 March 2019 Education Series Volume V: Higher Education and Skills in South Africa, 2017 There has been an increase in higher education participation rates in South Africa, however, the poor transition of learners from the further training and education (FTE) phase to completion of Grade 12, to writing and passing the read more »
Quarterly Labour Force Survey – QLFS Q4:2018
MEDIA RELEASE 12 February 2019 Quarterly Labour Force Survey – QLFS Q4:2018 The results of the Quarterly read more »
Updating Geo-Frame for Census
Stats SA is currently conducting Geo- Frame Update in all settlements to gather data on the number of dwelling units within the country. This information is needed to plan enumeration operations for the upcoming Census. Information collected for frame update is about: Number of dwelling units within a property, including door numbers and addresses Gatekeeper read more »
While crime increases, fear rises and trust in criminal justice system drops
The general level of crime as estimated by VOCS has been declining during the past five years but increased in 2016/17 and 2017/18. Household crimes increased by 5% to a total of 1,5 million incidences of crime while individual crime also increased by 5% to a total of 1,6 incidences, affecting 1,4 million individuals aged read more »
Gender series IV: Economic Empowerment 2001-2017 report
MEDIA RELEASE 27 September 2018 Gender series IV: Economic Empowerment 2001-2017 report The Gender series IV report on economic empowerment released by Statistics South Africa today indicates that males continue to participate in the labour market at a higher rate than their female counterparts, despite the number of females in the workforce still exceeding read more »
Fuel inflation remains in double-digit territory as prices rise
It might sound like an anecdote from a reminiscing grandparent, that there was a time you could completely fill your petrol tank (45 litres) with just R270. Those good old days weren’t that long ago, actually. The price of inland 95-octane petrol fell to a low of R6,01 in January 2009 on the back of tumbling read more »
Recorded live births, 2017
MEDIA RELEASE 27 August 2018 Recorded live births, 2017 The Recorded live births, 2017 report released by Statistics South Africa today shows that a total of read more »
What’s in a name?
The most popular name given to babies in 2017 is Enzokuhle. The name, which shares the top spot for both males and females, loosely translates to, “to do good”. According to the Recorded Live Births, 2017 report released by Statistics South Africa (Stats SA), a person’s forename and surname are fundamental human rights enshrined in read more »
Quarterly Labour Force Survey – QLFS Q2:2018
MEDIA RELEASE 31 July 2018 Quarterly Labour Force Survey – QLFS Q2:2018 The official unemployment rate increased by 0,5 of a percentage point to read more »