Category Archives: Press Statements

Statistics South Africa to release the Quarterly Labour Force Survey (QLFS), 4th Quarter 2021

MEDIA ADVISORY                                                                   25 March 2022   Statistics South Africa to release the Quarterly Labour Force Survey (QLFS), 4th Quarter 2021 Statistics South Africa (Stats SA) will release the results of the Quarterly Labour Force Survey (QLFS) for the fourth quarter of 2021 at a media briefing to be held on Tuesday, 29 March 2022 in   read more »


Statement from the South African Statistics Council on Stats SA funding

18 March 2022 Professor David Everatt, Chairperson, on behalf of the South African Statistics Council David.everatt@wits.ac.za, 0834559466 Stats SA is a globally recognised centre of excellence for producing official statistics. Stats SA is the only source of official statistics in South Africa. It has kept in touch with or led best practice across a wide   read more »


Statistics South Africa to release the Gross Domestic Product (GDP), 4th Quarter 2021

MEDIA ADVISORY                                                                   3 March 2022 Statistics South Africa to release the Gross Domestic Product (GDP), 4th Quarter 2021 Statistics South Africa (Stats SA) will release the results of the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) for the fourth quarter of 2021 at a media briefing to be held on Tuesday, 8 March 2022 in Pretoria. Media briefing   read more »


CAR HIRE REQUIRED FOR CENSUS 2022 PROJECT

REQUEST FOR QUOTATION CAR HIRE REQUIRED FOR CENSUS 2022 PROJECT Statistics South Africa (Stats SA) is conducting the population Census between February and July 2022. Approximately three hundred (300) vehicles will be required at this stage for the project. We are therefore requesting all suppliers who have the fleet of cars and are interested to   read more »


Census 2022: Statement from Chairperson of Council and Statistician-General

MEDIA STATEMENT For immediate release                                                                         22 February 2022 Census 2022: Statement from Chairperson of Council and Statistician-General As the Chairperson of the Statistics Council, Prof. David Everatt, and the Statistician-General, Mr. Risenga Maluleke, we note issues raised by various stakeholders on some difficulties experienced during the commencement of Census 2022. While there are a host   read more »


Online questionnaire completion for Census 2022 closing on 25 February 2022

Media Alert                                                                          22 February 2022 Online questionnaire completion for Census 2022 closing on 25 February 2022 Statistics South Africa (Stats SA) announced that households who registered to complete the census questionnaire online have until Friday 25th February 2022 to do so. Registration for remote data collection closed on 21 February 2021. While more than 400 000   read more »


Statistician-General to release the ‘Education Series Volume VIII: COVID-19 and barriers to participation in education in South Africa, 2020

MEDIA ADVISORY                                                     21 February 2022   Statistician-General to release the ‘Education Series Volume VIII: COVID-19 and barriers to participation in education in South Africa, 2020   The Statistician-General, of South Africa, Mr Risenga Maluleke, will release the results of the ‘Education Series Volume VIII COVID-19 and barriers to participation in education in South Africa, 2020   read more »


Delay in the release of QLFS Quarter 4 2021 results

MEDIA NOTICE                                                                   19 February 2022 Delay in the release of QLFS Quarter 4 2021 results The release of the results of the Quarterly Labour Force Survey (QLFS) for the 4th quarter of 2021, scheduled for 22 February 2022, has been postponed due to quality checks that need to be conducted before the results can be   read more »


Stats SA reopens registration for online and telephonic enumeration

MEDIA STATEMENT                                                         11 FEBRUARY 2022 Stats SA reopens registration for online and telephonic enumeration Stats SA today reopened online Census registration and has extended the period during which the web questionnaire can be completed. Household registrations increased significantly in the days preceding the original close of registration which coincided with the first week of   read more »


CAR HIRE REQUIRED FOR CENSUS 2022 PROJECT

REQUEST FOR QUOTATION CAR HIRE REQUIRED FOR CENSUS 2022 PROJECT Statistics South Africa (Stats SA) will be conducting the population Census between February and July 2022. Approximately five hundred (500) vehicles will be required at this stage for the project. We are therefore requesting all suppliers who have the fleet of cars and are interested   read more »