Media Release GENDER SERIES VOLUME II: Education, 2004-2014 The purpose of this report was to assess the country’s progress towards achieving improved access to and quality of education through a gender lens. The general analyses in the report covered trends over a 10 year period (2004 and 2014). The period of data analysis largely depended   read more »

25 November 2015 Media Advisory AFRICAN POLICY MAKERS TO DISCUSS DEVELOPMENT OF AFRICA’S BURGEONING POPULATION The Department of Social Development in partnership with the Union for African Population Studies (UAPS) and Statistics South Africa will host the 7th African Population Conference (APC) at St. George’s Hotel, Irene, Gauteng Province. The Conference will open on November   read more »

Media Invite                                                        19 November 2015 Stats SA releases Gross domestic product (GDP), Q3 2015 The Statistician-General of South Africa, Mr Pali Lehohla, will release the Gross domestic product (GDP) estimates for the third quarter of 2015 at a media briefing to be held on Tuesday, 24 November 2015 in Pretoria. The media briefing will be   read more »

05 November 2015 MEDIA INVITE The Importance of data in decision-making Statistician General Pali Lehohla will brief the media on the importance of data in decision making and will be joined by the President of the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS)/ President of the International Association for Official Statistics (IAOS) and Mr Ola Rosling,   read more »

28 October 2015 Media advisory  Please note that the media briefing scheduled for today (28 October 2015) at 10H00 to release monograph reports on Mortality in South Africa, Fertility in South Africa and Population Dynamics of South Africa has been postponed due to unforeseen circumstances. A future date, time and venue will be communicated at   read more »

27 October 2015 Media Release The results for the third quarter Quarterly labour force survey (QLFS) shows that the working-age population was 36,1 million – 15,8 million employed, 5,4 million unemployed and 14,9 million not economically active. The not economically active population decreased by 200 000 and the economically active population increased 359 000 quarter-to-quarter.   read more »

MEDIA INVITE Quarterly Labour Force Survey (QLFS) for the Third Quarter (Q3) of 2015 The Statistician-General, Mr Pali Lehohla, will release the results of the Quarterly Labour Force Survey for the third quarter (Q3) of 2015 on Tuesday, 27th October 2015. The report will be released as follows: Date : 27 October 2015 Lock-up : 11H00   read more »

Monday 12 October marks the start of the Citizen Satisfaction Survey in KwaZulu-Natal. The Survey is a joint effort between the KwaZulu-Natal Office of the Premier and Statistics South Africa and will gauge the level of service delivery satisfaction. Just over 200 fieldworkers armed with tablets will start visiting the over 20 000 selected household,   read more »

14 September 2015   Stats SA releases Large Sample Survey reports   The Statistician-General, Mr Pali Lehohla, will release the three following Large Sample Survey reports: 1. Electricity, Gas and Water Supply Industry (2013) – 10h00 The results presented in this publication were derived from the 2013 Electricity, gas and water supply industry large sample   read more »