Statistics on the rocks: exploring the price of whiskey
International Whisk(e)y Day is on 27 March1. If you consider yourself a connoisseur of bourbon or rye, then the following is for you. Take a brief tour of what Stats SA has to say about whiskey in terms of its popularity and price. If whiskey is your preferred alcoholic beverage, you stand somewhat apart from read more »
Media advisory: The Social profile of older persons report and the 2015 census of the South African mining industry report
Media advisory 27 March 2017 Statistician-General to release the results of the Census of Mining and a report on the Social profile of older persons The Statistician-General of South Africa, Dr Pali Lehohla, will release two key datasets at a media briefing to be held on Wednesday, 29 March 2017 read more »
Media release: Domestic tourism survey 2015
16 March 2017 Media Release Domestic tourism survey 2015 Domestic tourism declined between 2013 and 2015 with the total number of day trips decreasing from 54,4 million in 2013 to 48 million in 2014 and 44 million in 2015. Overnight trips decreased from 50,8 million in 2013 to 47,3 million in 2014 and 45,4 read more »
Media release: Survey of Activities of Young People, 2015
MEDIA RELEASE 16 March 2017 Survey of Activities of Young People, 2015 Of the 11,2 million South African children between ages of 7 and 17 years, 577 000 were involved in child labour* in 2015, down from 779 000 in 2010. About 81 000 of the children involved in child labour appeared read more »
Domestic tourism on the decline in South Africa
The number of trips taken by South Africans travelling domestically is on the decline. This was just one of the findings from the Domestic Tourism Survey 2015, which was released by Stats SA this week. The survey collects information to understand the travel behaviour of people in South Africa to determine the contribution of tourism read more »
Media advisory: Statistician-General to release results of Survey of Activities of Young People
Media advisory 10 March 2017 Statistician-General to release results of Survey of Activities of Young People The Statistician-General of South Africa, Dr Pali Lehohla, will release the Survey of Activities of Young People, 2015 report at media briefing to be held on Thursday, 16 March 2017 in Pretoria. The Survey of read more »
Media advisory: Statistician-General to release Domestic Tourism Survey results
Media advisory 10 March 2017 Statistician-General to release Domestic Tourism Survey results The Statistician-General of South Africa, Dr Pali Lehohla, will release the Domestic Tourism Survey, 2015 (DTS) results at a media briefing to be held on Thursday, 16 March 2017 in Pretoria. The DTS is a large-scale household survey read more »
GDP in the fourth quarter of 2016 contracted by 0,3%
Press statement Embargo: Tuesday 7 March 2017, 11:30 GDP in the fourth quarter of 2016 read more »
The economy shrinks in the fourth quarter of 2016
A fall in mining and manufacturing production in the final quarter of 2016 pulled South African economic growth into negative territory, according to preliminary figures of gross domestic product (GDP) released by Stats SA. South Africa’s economy contracted by 0,3% quarter-on-quarter (seasonally adjusted and annualised). The mining industry’s 11,5%1 drop in production was the main read more »
Media advisory: Statistician-General to release Gross domestic product (GDP), Q4 2016
Media advisory 03 March 2017 Statistician-General to release Gross domestic product (GDP), Q4 2016 The Statistician-General of South Africa, Dr Pali Lehohla, will release the Gross domestic product (GDP) estimates for the fourth quarter of 2016 at a media briefing to be held on Tuesday, 7 March 2017 in Pretoria. read more »