SOUTH AFRICA’s FIRST NATURAL CAPITAL ACCOUNTING FORUM
PRESS RELEASE:                              09 July 2019 SOUTH AFRICA’s FIRST NATURAL CAPITAL ACCOUNTING FORUM South Africa’s first-ever national Natural Capital Accounting Forum will take place in Pretoria at Statistics South Africa’s Head Office, ISIbalo House, on 10-11 July 2019. The Forum is hosted by Statistics South Africa (Stats SA) in partnership with the South African National read more »
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How large is the small business footprint?
In 2015, Stats SA published an article highlighting the contribution that small businesses make to industry turnover in South Africa.1 The March 2019 Quarterly financial statistics (QFS) report provides an update. The entire formal business sector2 generated R2,39 trillion in turnover in Q1: 2019. Out of this amount, large businesses contributed 62%, followed by small (29%) and read more »
Mbalo Brief – June 2019
After every five years, the national and provincial elections take place where South Africans elect their preferred President and the five-year-term for cabinet ministers elapses. On 08 May 2019 marked the 5th democratic elections and saw Cyril Ramaphosa being unanimously elected as the president of South Africa. A few days after his swearing in, President read more »
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Household access to services stabilised
The General Household Survey (GHS) 2018 released by Statistics South Africa (Stats SA) found that substantial progress has been made in service delivery over the years. While progress has been uneven across the country, a quick glance at service delivery statistics suggests that household access to these services have stabilised over the last few years. read more »
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Economy stumbles in the first quarter
The South African economy slumped sharply in the first three months of 2019, contracting by 3,2%.1 Seven of the ten industries took a knock, with manufacturing, mining and trade the biggest contributors to the fall. Construction, mining and trade are in recession. The 3,2% decline is the biggest quarterly fall in economic activity since the read more »
Statistician-General releases the results of the General Household Survey, 2018
Media advisory                                                                                            22 May 2019 Statistician-General releases the results of the General Household Survey, 2018                                                                      The Statistician-General of South Africa, read more »
Quarterly Labour Force Survey – QLFS Q1:2019
 MEDIA RELEASE                                                                                                                                                            14 May 2019                   Quarterly Labour Force Survey – QLFS Q1:2019  The results of the Quarterly Labour Force Survey (QLFS) for the first quarter of 2019 released by Statistics South Africa, indicate that the official unemployment rate increased by 0,5 of a percentage point to 27,6% compared to the fourth quarter read more »
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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 »
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Formal business turnover climbs by 5,5%
The South African formal business sector1 generated R2,57 trillion in turnover in the fourth quarter of 2018. This translates to about R323 600 generated every second from October 2018 to December 2018. The R2,57 trillion was 5,5% more than the R2,44 trillion generated in the third quarter (July 2018 to September 2018). This follows a rise of 3,6% in the third quarter and read more »
Statistics South Africa to release formal sector employment statistics for the fourth quarter of 2018
MEDIA ADVISORY Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â 20 March 2019 Statistics South Africa to read more »