Media Release: Community Survey 2016 Results
Media Release                                                                                                30 June 2016 Community Survey 2016 results The population of South Africa has increased to 55,7 million in 2016 from 51,8 million in 2011, representing an increase of over 3 million. Of the 55,7 million people living in South Africa, a majority reside in Gauteng (13,4 million), followed by KwaZulu-Natal (11 million) read more »
Media Invite: Release of Community Survey (CS) 2016 Results
Contact: Lesedi Dibakwane 0828057088 lesedid@statssa.gov.za Release of Community Survey (CS) 2016 Results The Statistician-General of South Africa, Dr Pali Lehohla will release the results of the Community Survey 2016 (CS 2016) which will, among others, reflect on the 40 years of the country’s performance on education, labour markets, service delivery, poverty and read more »
Media release: Stats SA to collect data for the South Africa Demographic Health Survey
17 June 2016 Stats SA to collect data for the South Africa Demographic Health Survey Statistics South Africa (Stats SA) urges the thousands of households sampled in the South Africa Demographic and Health Survey 2016 (SADHS 2016) to welcome fieldworkers into their homes as the statistical agency, together with South African Medical Research Council (SAMRC), read more »
Media Release – Exploration of selected contact crimes in South Africa: In depth analysis of the Victims of Crime Survey Data
Media Release 3rd May 2016 Exploration of selected contact crimes in South Africa: In depth analysis of the Victims of Crime Survey Data According to the Victims of Crime Survey Data report released by Stats SA, more females (71,3) experienced sexual offence than their male (28,7%) counterparts; while more males (72,9%) experienced assault than read more »
Statistician-General to release report on housing from a human settlement perspective
Media Invite 18 April 2016 Â Statistician-General to release report GHS Series Volume VII: Housing from a human settlement perspective The Statistician-General will deliver a profile on housing and human settlement in the country through the lens of the General Household Survey. The series GHS Volume VII: Housing from a human settlement perspective report provides read more »
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Stats SA ready for Community Survey 2016
Minister Jeff Radebe, Minister in the Presidency, and the Statistician-General, Pali Lehohla, launched the enumeration phase of the Community Survey 2016 (CS 2016) today. The launch was held at one of the 330 training venues where Statistics South Africa (Stats SA) is training more than 10Â 000 contract staff who will be deployed to collect information read more »
Launch of Community Survey (CS) 2016
MEDIA ADVISORY For Immediate Release 26 February 2016 Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Contact: Lesedi Dibakwane 0828057088 Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â lesedid@statssa.gov.za Launch of Community Survey (CS) 2016 On Monday 29 February 2016, Minister in the Presidency honourable Jeff Radebe will, together with the Statistician-General, Dr Pali Lehohla, launch the Community Survey 2016 (CS) in Pretoria. The CS read more »
Measuring household expenditure on public transport
01 December 2015 Media Release Taxis most used mode of public transport Taxis are the commonly used mode of public transport in South Africa with just more than half (51,0%) of the households that use public transport (76,7%) relying on them, followed by busses (18,1%) and trains (7,6%). This was highlighted in the Measuring household read more »
Victims of Crime Survey 2014/15
01 December 2015 Media Release Housebreaking on the rise as robbery drops South African households increasingly feel that the levels of violent and property crimes are increasing and this makes it unsafe to walk in parks or even allow their children to play freely in their neighbourhoods, this is according to the results of the read more »
Households report increased access to basic services as satisfaction with some services decline.
The percentage of households in South Africa without access to an improved source of sanitation has decreased consistently over the past decade. The latest General Household Survey (GHS) found that the percentage of households with access to improved sanitation, that is flush toilets or pit toilets with ventilation pipes, has increased consistently from 62,3% in read more »