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MEDIA ADVISORY                                                                                                08 December 2025 Statistics South Africa will release the latest Poverty Trends in South Africa report, which highlights shifts in poverty levels and provides insights by race, gender, household composition, and province, among other indicators—the Poverty Trends Report analysed money-metric poverty levels between 2006 and 2023. The release will also include the joint   read more »

MEDIA ADVISORY  06 November 2025 Statistics South Africa to release the Quarterly Labour Force Survey (QLFS), Quarter 3 of 2025 Statistics South Africa (Stats SA) will release the Quarterly Labour Force Survey (QLFS) results for the third quarter of 2025 at a media briefing in Tshwane on Tuesday, 11 November 2025. The Labour Force Survey   read more »

MEDIA STATEMENT                                                 24 October 2025 For Immediate Release Stats SA warns the public against false door-to-door ID verification claims Statistics South Africa (Stats SA) has noted false messages circulating on social media and community WhatsApp groups claiming that government officials are visiting households to verify identity documents or collect biometric information for census-related purposes. Stats   read more »

MEDIA ADVISORY                                                      04 September 2025 Statistics South Africa to release the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) for Q2 2025 Statistics South Africa (Stats SA) will release the results of the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) for the second quarter of 2025 at a media briefing on Tuesday, 9 September 2025, in Tshwane. GDP, quarter 2 results will   read more »

MEDIA ADVISORY                                                                                                                                                            27 August 2025 Statistics South Africa will release the results of the 2023 Personal Services Industry Survey at a virtual briefing on 28 August 2025. The report presents estimates for the personal services industry and provides information on income, employment, expenditure, services, and purchases within the sector. Estimates are based on the 2023 Personal Services Large Sample Survey, which covers enterprises registered   read more »

MEDIA ADVISORY                                                                                                                                                            26 August 2025 Statistics South Africa will release the results of the 2023 Transport and Storage Industry Survey at a virtual briefing on 27 August 2025. The report highlights changes in income, employment, expenditure, services, purchases, and other selected variables within the transport and storage industry. This survey covers enterprises that are registered for tax and primarily engaged in   read more »

MEDIA ADVISORY                                                                                                                                                            21 August 2025 Statistician-General to Release Governance, Public Safety and Justice Survey (GPSJS) 2024/25 Victims of Crime Release The Statistician-General of South Africa, Mr Risenga Maluleke, will release the results of the Victims of Crime report from the Governance, Public Safety and Justice Survey (GPSJS) 2024/25 at a media briefing on Tuesday, 26   read more »

MEDIA STATEMENT STATS SA CLARIFIES MISREPRESENTATION ON QLFS QUESTIONNAIRE UPDATE  13 August 2025 For immediate release Statistics South Africa (Stats SA) notes recent media reports attempting to link the latest update to the Quarterly Labour Force Survey (QLFS) questionnaire with comments made by the former CEO of Capitec Bank. This linkage is factually incorrect, misleading,   read more »

MEDIA ADVISORY  07 August 2025 Statistics South Africa to release the Quarterly Labour Force Survey (QLFS), Quarter 2 of 2025 Statistics South Africa (Stats SA) will release the Quarterly Labour Force Survey (QLFS) results for the second quarter of 2025 at a media briefing in Tshwane on Tuesday, 12 August 2025. The Labour Force Survey   read more »