01 October 2026 30 Years of Counting South Africa Statistics South Africa (Stats SA), in collaboration with the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), invites members of the media to roundtable discussions with the Statistician-General, Risenga Maluleke, and Heads of National Statistical Offices from SADC countries. This is part of the ongoing 30 years of Census read more »
27 August 2026 Statistician-General to Release Governance, Public Safety and Justice Survey (GPSJS) 2025/26, Victims of Crime Release The Statistician-General of South Africa, Mr Risenga Maluleke, will release the Victims of Crime report from the Governance, Public Safety and Justice Survey (GPSJS) 2025/26 at a media briefing on Tuesday, 01 September 2026, in Tshwane. The read more »
25 August 2026 Statistics South Africa to release the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) for Q2 2026 Statistics South Africa (Stats SA) will release the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) results for the second quarter of 2026 at a media briefing in Tshwane on Tuesday, 8 September 2026. The results will provide insights into how various sectors read more »
Embargo: Tuesday, 11 August 2026, 11:00Quarterly Labour Force Survey (QLFS) – Q2: 2026The official unemployment rate was 33,6% in the second quarter of 2026According to the QLFS Q2: 2026 results, there was an increase of 345 000 in the number of unemployed persons to 8,5 million, while there was a decrease of 16 000 in read more »
Statistics South Africa to release the Quarterly Labour Force Survey (QLFS), 2nd quarter of 2026 Statistics South Africa (Stats SA) will release the results of the Quarterly Labour Force Survey (QLFS) for the second quarter of 2026 at a media briefing in Tshwane on Tuesday, 11 August 2026. QLFS measures the labour market activities of read more »
Real estate, activities auxiliary to financial intermediation and business services industry, 2024 Total income between 2020 (R1 401,2 billion) and 2024 (R1 843,4 billion) increased by 31,6%, according to data from Statistics South Africa. This translates to an increase of R442,2 billion. The largest increase was reported for ‘activities auxiliary to financial intermediation’ (+R88,3 billion), read more »
13 July 2026 Statistics South Africa to release the results of the Real estate, activities auxiliary to financial intermediation and business services industry Statistics South Africa will, on 15 July 2026, release the results of the Real estate, activities auxiliary to financial intermediation and business services industry, 2024. The report presents findings from the 2024 read more »
07 July 2026 Statistics South Africa to release the results of the Construction Industry, 2024 Statistics South Africa will, on 09 July 2026, release the results of the Construction Industry, 2024. The Construction Industry report presents findings from the 2024 Construction large sample survey, which covers enterprises registered for tax and mainly engaged in the read more »
26 June 2026 Migration continues to shape South Africa’s population landscape, says Statistician-General South Africa’s migration patterns continue to reshape the country’s demographic and economic landscape, with Gauteng and the Western Cape remaining the leading destinations for both internal and international migrants. This was highlighted by Statistician-General, Risenga Maluleke, during the South Africa National Migration read more »
17 June 2026 STATISTICS SOUTH AFRICA COMMEMORATES 30 YEARS OF DEMOCRATIC CENSUSES 2026 marks 30 years since the first democratic census of 1996 was conducted in South Africa. Statistics South Africa (Stats SA) commemorates the 30 Years of Census, marking three decades of democratic census-taking and reflecting on the important role census data has played read more »