Media Release – Quarterly Labour Force Survey
9 May 2016 Unemployment increased in the first quarter of 2016 Employment declined by 2,2% or 355Â 000 in Q1: 2016, which combined with an increase in the number of unemployed persons of 521Â 000 resulted in an unemployment rate of 26,7%; this was 2,2 percentage points higher compared to that reported in Q4: 2015. However, read more »

Labour market dynamics in South Africa, 2014 report
PRESS STATEMENT APRIL 2015 Highlights The effects of the 2008–2009 global financial crisis on the South African economy continued to linger in 2014. This, combined with factors such as constrained electricity supply and labour unrest, has negatively impacted on the performance of the economy. Slowing growth rates over the period 2010–2013 (averaging 2,7%), continued into read more »

QUARTERLY LABOUR FORCE SURVEY: Quarter 3 (July to September), 2014
Press Statement, 30 October 2014 Table A: Key labour market indicators  Jul-Sep 2013 Apr-Jun 2014 Jul-Sep 2014 Q/Q Change Y/Y Change Q/Q Change Y/Y Change Thousand Per cent  Population aged 15–64 yrs 34 868 35 332 35 489 157 620 0,4 1,8  Labour force 19 916 20 248 20 268 19 351 0,1 1,8 read more »
Mbalo Brief – September 2014
As a country with the highest number of official languages in the world, South Africa is home to one of the most diverse population the world over. Apart from having 11official languages recognised by our Constitution, South Africa is home to culturally diverse nations whose have either settled here in the recent past or who read more »
Mbalo Brief – August 2014
August is Women’s Month and women and men across the country unite against different forms of oppression, perceptions against women and to highlight achievements attained since the dawn of democracy. After 20 years of democracy and freedom, women still endeavour to eradicate traditional practices such as forced marriages where a woman is forced to marry her deceased husband’s brother as read more »

Quarterly Labour Force Survey: Quarter 2 (April to June), 2014 Press Statement
29 July 2014 Employment increased by 39 000 between Q1: 2014 and Q2: 2014, while unemployment increased by 87 000 resulting in an increase of 126 000 persons in the labour force. Consequently, the unemployment rate increased by 0,3 of a percentage point to 25,5% in Q2: 2014. The expanded unemployment rate reached 35,6% in read more »

National and provincial labour market: Youth Q1: 2008 to Q1: 2014
The unemployment rate among youth increased from 32,7% to 36,1% between 2008 and 2014; in the post recessionary period, the unemployment rate has been consistently higher among youth than among adults by more than 20 percentage points. The report released by Statistics South Africa examines in detail various aspects of the situation faced by youth read more »

QUARTERLY LABOUR FORCE SURVEY: Quarter 1(January to March), 2014
Stats SA today released the Q1:2014 results which show a quarterly decline in employment by 122 000 due to a loss of 110Â 000 jobs in the informal sector. Formal sector employment was virtually unchanged at 10,8 million compared with the previous quarter, while both Private households and Agriculture shed jobs (14Â 000 and 5Â 000 respectively). The read more »

Education: A roadmap out of poverty?
Findings from the Poverty Trends in South Africa report released by Statistics South Africa (Stats SA) on Thursday showed a strong link between increased level of education and decreased levels of poverty. While the overall level of poverty has declined between 2006 and 2011, there are stark differences when one examines poverty status according to read more »

Stats SA revises labour market statistics
Statistical agencies across the world periodically revise published statistical series when new information becomes available. So too does Stats SA. In the past, labour market information has been revised following the release of the results of Census 1996, Census 2001 and the large-scale Community Survey of 2007. Similarly, the current revision has been undertaken to read more »