Media release                                                                                                  24 November 2016 Financial statistics of consolidated general government, 2014/2015 The Financial statistics of consolidated general government, 2014/2015 report released by Statistics South Africa today shows that South Africa’s consolidated general government had a total income of R1,2 trillion from operating activities in the fiscal year ended 31 March 2015. This was R107,1   read more »

Media release                                                                                                  24 November 2016 Annual financial statistics, 2015  The total annual turnover of private sector businesses operating in the South African economy[1] increased by 5,5% between 2014 and 2015, from a revised R7,8 trillion in 2014 to an estimated R8,3 trillion in 2015, according to the latest Annual financial statistics, 2015 report released by   read more »

MEDIA RELEASE                                                                                           23 November 2016 Digitisation of Births and Deaths Registration The use of technology by government will be given a major boost when the Department of Home Affairs and Statistics South Africa consolidate their resources for accelerated and efficient service delivery. The Minister of Home Affairs, Honourable Malusi Gigaba, together with the Statistician-General of   read more »

Media Release                                                                                             23 November 2016 GHS Series Volume VIII: Water   read more »

MEDIA RELEASE                                                                                             22 November 2016                                        Quarterly Labour Force Survey – QLFS Q3:2016 The results of the Quarterly Labour Force Survey (QLFS) for the third quarter of 2016 released by Statistics South Africa today, indicate that employment grew by 288 000 after two successive quarterly declines. However, the growth in employment was offset by the increase   read more »

Media advisory                                                                                                           18 November 2016 Home Affairs partners with Stats SA for the digitisation of South Africa’s civil records for improved service delivery The Minister of Home Affairs, Honourable Malusi Gigaba, together with the Statistician-General of South Africa, Dr Pali Lehohla, will launch a project on the digitisation of Home Affairs civil records on   read more »

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Media announcement                                                                            18 November 2016   Change in scheduled time for the release of GDP estimates   The publication of third quarter 2016 GDP estimates scheduled for the 6th December 2016 has been brought forward to 9:30 instead of 11:30 on the same day. Similar to previous occasions there will be a 30-minute press conference   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 Release                                                                                                    14 November 2016   Postponement of the QLFS Q3:2016 report   The Quarterly Labour Force Survey (QLFS) Q3:2016 has been postponed to the 22 November 2016 at 12:00.   Issued by Statistics South Africa     For media enquires Ms Lesedi Dibakwane Director: Media Relations Tel: 012 310 8578 Cell: 082 805 7088 Email:   read more »