{"id":19782,"date":"2026-08-06T12:07:23","date_gmt":"2026-08-06T10:07:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.statssa.gov.za\/?p=19782"},"modified":"2026-08-06T12:07:23","modified_gmt":"2026-08-06T10:07:23","slug":"media-advisory-7","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.statssa.gov.za\/?p=19782","title":{"rendered":"MEDIA ADVISORY"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong><em>Statistics South Africa to release the Quarterly Labour Force Survey (QLFS), 2nd quarter of 2026<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>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.&nbsp; QLFS measures the labour market activities of individuals aged 15-64.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The report will highlight key labour market indicators, including the numbers of employed persons, unemployed persons, and discouraged jobseekers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Please note the following changes to the press conference proceedings:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Lockup- <\/strong>Access to embargoed data will be granted to media representatives at 10:30 AM.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(No presentation and no cameras allowed at this time)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Press conference- <\/strong>The<strong> <\/strong>presentation will begin promptly at 11:00 AM.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Embargo: <\/strong>The<strong> <\/strong>embargo will be lifted at 11:00 AM, coinciding with the start of the presentation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Date: <\/strong>Tuesday,11 August 2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Venue<\/strong><strong>: <\/strong>Statistics South Africa building (ISIbalo House), 1 Koch Street, Salvokop, Pretoria<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Virtual link:<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/teams.microsoft.com\/meet\/32219915769722?p=aIFsX4iDe48774bpkx\"><strong>https:\/\/teams.microsoft.com\/meet\/32219915769722?p=aIFsX4iDe48774bpkx<\/strong><\/a><strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>For RSVP and media enquiries, contact<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Felicia Sithole Tel: 012&nbsp;339 2401 Cell: 0764300693 Email: <a href=\"mailto:felicias@statssa.gov.za\">felicias@statssa.gov.za<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Media representatives who wish to attend the media lock-up are requested to RSVP at:<\/strong> <a href=\"mailto:felicias@statssa.gov.za\">felicias@statssa.gov.za<\/a><strong><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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.&nbsp; QLFS measures the labour market activities of&nbsp; &nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.statssa.gov.za\/?p=19782\" class=\"btn btn-mini btn-info pull-right\" style=\"margin:10px 30px;\">read more &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"clear\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[45],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19782","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-press-statements"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.statssa.gov.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19782","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.statssa.gov.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.statssa.gov.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.statssa.gov.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/13"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.statssa.gov.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=19782"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.statssa.gov.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19782\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19783,"href":"https:\/\/www.statssa.gov.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19782\/revisions\/19783"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.statssa.gov.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=19782"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.statssa.gov.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=19782"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.statssa.gov.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=19782"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}