South Africa will host 10th Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa (BRICS) Summit which is scheduled from 25 to 27 July 2018. The 2018 Summit will be an important milestone for BRICS cooperation, as it represents a decade of BRICS cooperation at the highest diplomatic level. The summit will see South Africa building on   read more »

In a time when good news seems hard to come by, the latest gross domestic product (GDP) results provide some cautious cheer. The South African economy grew by 1,3% in 2017, exceeding National Treasury’s expectation of 1,0% growth announced during the National Budget Speech in February. After a wobbly start to 2017, which saw economic   read more »

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You’ve got no one to blame except yourself. Admit it. You totally forgot about Valentine’s Day. And now you’ve got to come up with something fast! Fancy a candlelit dinner at a restaurant? Or a basket containing chocolate and wine? Stats SA takes a look at the prices of gifts that will warm the heart   read more »

The 2017 Mining Charter published by government in June has seen its fair share of debate, opening intense discussions on the industry’s future. Outside of this policy debate, Stats SA recently published figures showing how the industry performed in 2016 and 2017. 2016 wasn’t a good year for South African mining. The industry as a   read more »

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Investing in early childhood development is the future “If we are to break the cycle of poverty, we need to educate the children of the poor.” – President Cyril Ramaphosa, SoNA 2018 The first one thousand days in a child’s life could hold the key to unlocking his/her life-long potential. By the age of 5,   read more »

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 »

“New version of SuperWEB2 is now available. The old SuperWEB2 will continue to work until Friday 16th March 2018. From the 16th of March only the new SuperWEB2 link will be accessible from Statistics South Africa website. SuperWeb2 is a web based version of SuperCROSS that enables users to create their own tables and view   read more »

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 »