As Women’s Month draws to a close, recent data provides a snapshot of gender representation in local government. In 2021, South Africa’s municipal workforce numbered 282 286 individuals. Of these, 13 492 were senior-level posts, which include directors and managers.1 Women occupied 5 312 (or 39%) of these senior-level positions, according to Stats SA’s latest Non-financial census of   read more »

MEDIA ADVISORY                                                                 31 August 2023 Statistics South Africa to release the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) Q2 2023 Statistics South Africa (Stats SA) will   read more »

Press Release                                                         29 August 2023  UN Forum to showcase power of gender data to transform the global care economy and drive sustainable development Available data at the global   read more »

Media Advisory                                                              25 August 2023 Gender statistics experts to deliberate on the care economy and its impact on gender equality Statistics South Africa, in collaboration   read more »

New data released by Statistics South Africa shows that household crimes such as housebreaking, home robbery and theft of motor vehicles experienced in the twelve months preceding the interview increased compared to 2021/22. Crimes experienced by individuals have also increased, except for consumer fraud and hijacking of motor vehicles, which dropped in 2022/23. According to   read more »

Annual consumer inflation slumped to 4,7% in July from 5,4% in June. This is the lowest reading since July 2021, when the rate was 4,6%. Consumer prices increased on average by 0,9% between June 2023 and July 2023. This is up from the monthly rise of 0,2% recorded in both May and June. Transport taps the brakes on   read more »

According to the International Labour Organization’s (ILO) World Employment and Social Outlook (2020), the global working-age population was recorded at 5,7 billion in 2020 and of that, roughly 57,9% (3,3 billion) were employed persons. It resulted in approximately 2,3 billion of the working-age population who were either unemployed or not economically active. Furthermore, high global unemployment trends   read more »

MEDIA ADVISORY                                                                                                       10 August 2023   read more »

If you’ve missed any recent economic data from Stats SA, we’ve got you covered. Here is a quick rundown of what you need to know. These cities rule our manufacturing industry It’s not often that industry data are published for districts. Detailed spatial data require large surveys with large samples, which can be expensive. That   read more »

A wide range of indicators inform municipal financial health. In 2014, National Treasury published a uniform set of financial norms and ratios for local government.1 Stats SA recently published data that can be used to inform these norms. In the examples below, we explore how municipalities fare in terms of remuneration and contracted services. Paying   read more »