Media advisory                                                                                            27 March 2017   Statistician-General to release the results of the Census of Mining and a report on the Social profile of older persons   The Statistician-General of South Africa, Dr Pali Lehohla, will release two key datasets at a media briefing to be held on Wednesday, 29 March 2017   read more »

Media advisory                                                                                                                                                                  10 March 2017 Statistician-General to release results of Survey of Activities of Young People The Statistician-General of South Africa, Dr Pali Lehohla, will release the Survey of Activities of Young People, 2015 report at media briefing to be held on Thursday, 16 March 2017 in Pretoria. The Survey of   read more »

Media advisory                                                                                                                                                                10 March 2017   Statistician-General to release Domestic Tourism Survey results   The Statistician-General of South Africa, Dr Pali Lehohla, will release the Domestic Tourism Survey, 2015 (DTS) results at a media briefing to be held on Thursday, 16 March 2017 in Pretoria. The DTS is a large-scale household survey   read more »

One of many comparisons between countries is the size of their economies. In the recent past, a number of people noted that Nigeria had overtaken South Africa as the largest economy on the African continent. Subsequently, articles were written about South Africa being pushed into third place by Egypt, only to regain the silver medal   read more »

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MEDIA ADVISORY                                                                                           17 January 2017   Release of the Living Conditions Survey and the new weights for the Consumer Price Index (CPI)   Statistics South Africa (Stats SA) will release the results of the Living Conditions Survey (LCS) 2014/2015 and the new weights for the Consumer Price Index (CPI) on Friday, 27 January 2017 at   read more »

Media advisory                                                                                                              01 December 2016          Statistician-General to release Gross domestic product (GDP), Q3 2016     The Statistician-General of South Africa, Dr Pali Lehohla, will release the Gross   read more »

MEDIA ADVISORY                                                                                                                     17 November 2016   Statistician-General to release Quarterly Labour Force Survey (QLFS) results for the third quarter of 2016   The Statistician-General of South Africa, Dr Pali Lehohla, will release the results of the Quarterly labour force survey (QLFS) for the third quarter (Q3) of 2016 at a media briefing to be held   read more »

Media Invite                                  24 October 2016   Statistician-General to release reports on Recorded live births, 2013-2015 and Perinatal deaths, 2014   The Statistician-General of South Africa, Dr Pali Lehohla, will release reports on Recorded live births, 2013-2015 and Perinatal deaths, 2014 at a media briefing to be held on Thursday, 27 October 2016 in Pretoria. The   read more »

Media advisory (VENUE CHANGE)                                                                                                                                                                                     24 October 2016   Statistician-General to release report on the Financial statistics of higher education institutions, 2015 The Statistician-General of South Africa, Dr Pali Lehohla, will release the Financial statistics of higher education institutions, 2015 report at a media briefing to be held on Tuesday, 25 October 2016 in   read more »