Census 2022: Statement from Chairperson of Council and Statistician-General
MEDIA STATEMENT For immediate release                                                                        22 February 2022 Census 2022: Statement from Chairperson of Council and Statistician-General As the Chairperson of the Statistics Council, Prof. David Everatt, and the Statistician-General, Mr. Risenga Maluleke, we note issues raised by various stakeholders on some difficulties experienced during the commencement of Census 2022. While there are a host read more »
Quarterly Labour Force Survey (QLFS) – Q3:2021
MEDIA RELEASE 30 November 2021 Quarterly Labour Force Survey (QLFS) – Q3:2021 The official unemployment rate was 34,9% in the third quarter of 2021. The results of the Quarterly Labour Force Survey (QLFS) for the third quarter of 2021 show that the number of employed persons decreased by 660 000 in the third quarter of read more »
Statistics South Africa to resume field visits to ensure data integrity for household surveys amid COVID-19 restrictions
For immediate release                                                                                                    1 April 2021 Statistics South Africa to read more »
The National Household Travel Survey in South Africa (NHTS): South Africans take 45 million trips, mostly by foot
Media release                                                                                                                   04 March 2021 The National Household Travel Survey in South Africa (NHTS): South Africans take 45 million trips, mostly by foot Statistics South Africa read more »
Quarterly Labour Force Survey (QLFS) – Q3:2020
MEDIA RELEASE                                                                                                                                                                                  12 November 2020                                                                  Quarterly Labour Force Survey (QLFS) – Q3:2020 The results of the Quarterly Labour Force Survey (QLFS) for the third quarter of 2020 indicate large movements out of the “other not economically active” category to “employed” and “unemployed” between quarter 2 and quarter 3 2020. The number of employed read more »
29 September Quarterly Labour Force Survey (QLFS) – Q2:2020
The results of the Quarterly Labour Force Survey (QLFS) for the second quarter of 2020 indicate that the number of employed persons decreased by 2,2 million to 14,1 million compared to the first quarter of 2020. This unprecedented change is the largest quarter one to quarter two decline since the survey began in 2008. Contrary read more »
Quarterly Labour Force Survey Q2:2020 data will be collected telephonically
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Statistics South Africa to use telephonic data collection for Quarterly Labour Force Survey (Q2) 2020
Media Release                                                                                                     28 April 2020 Statistics South Africa to use telephonic data collection for Quarterly Labour Force Survey (Q2) 2020 The lockdown and progression of the pandemic resulted in the discontinuation of face-to-face data collection on 19 March 2020. Further to this, Statistics South Africa’s (Stats SA) Executive Committee took a decision to suspend read more »
Quarterly Labour Force Survey (QLFS) – Q4:2019
MEDIA RELEASE                                                                                            11 February 2020                             Quarterly Labour Force Survey (QLFS) – Q4:2019 The results of the Quarterly Labour Force Survey (QLFS) for the fourth quarter of 2019 indicate that the official unemployment rate remained unchanged (29,1%) compared to read more »
National Household Travel Survey (NHTS)
Travel is a necessity South Africans travel from their homes to places of work, education, healthcare, for business, for leisure and social activities daily. Travel is a necessity. The increase in urbanisation and population numbers changes the demand for urban infrastructure and transport services. But, how can we know and understand transport needs and behaviour read more »