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Lehohla: Wasteful university system should concern South Africans
Statistician-General Pali Lehohla says universities are made more expensive because they retain more students than they produce graduates.
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Fewer South Africans experienced crime in last year - survey
Statistician-General Pali Lehohla says that there’s been a steady decline in the number of households hit by crime since 2013.
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SA sheds 34,000 jobs in Q2
The decline was mainly driven by job losses in the manufacturing and construction industries.
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South Africans travelling less due to tough economic times - survey
Statistician General Pali Lehohla released the 2016 domestic travel survey in Pretoria on Monday.
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'Next statistician-general must have good understanding of SA landscape'
After 17 years at the helm and 34 years at the organisation, Statistician-General Pali Lehohla will vacate his position in October.
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Q2 unemployment rate unchanged
Statistician-general Pali Lehohla released the Quarterly Labour Force survey at a briefing in Pretoria on Monday.
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Public sector spending rising despite tough economy
Public expenditure has increased from R200 billion in 2011 to R284 billion this financial year.
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Lehohla: Fewer houses built in 2016 than other years
Lehohla says the public sector under the new construction works programme spent over R1 million less in 2016 compared to 2015.
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Pali Lehohla: Eskom, Transnet spent R73bn & R34bn in 2016
The two state-owned enterprises have been linked to dodgy dealings with the controversial Gupta family that have come to light in recently leaked emails.
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Stats SA: Losses in manufacturing, trade sectors drive decline in employment
Statistician General Pali Lehohla announced the first quarter formal sector employment survey results in Pretoria on Tuesday.
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Employment drops slightly in first quarter of 2017
The survey measures the changes in employment across all industries in the formal sector of the economy.
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Lehohla: Unemployment rate rise driven by people looking for work
Stats SA released the Quarterly Labour Force survey in Pretoria on Thursday, which showed the unemployment rate was at 27.7%, the highest it has been since September 2003.
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Pali Lehohla: Tertiary education the key to tackling unemployment
Stats SA released the latest unemployment figures which stand at 27.7%, the highest it has been in 13 years.
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‘Rate of convictions cannot give confidence in the system’
The figures show that of the 385,000 burglaries reported in 2016, only 71,000 suspects were arrested – which led to a mere 10,000 convictions.
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Lehohla: Living conditions set to improve for SA’s youth
Lehohla says while child labour has decreased more needs to be done to ensure that children as young as seven do not have to work.
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Non-communicable diseases SA’s leading causes of death
Statistician-General Pali Lehohla released mortality rates on Tuesday, which also indicate a steady decline deaths reported during 2015.
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Lehohla: Mortality figures show shift from young to older groups
Earlier on Tuesday, Statistician-General Pali Lehohla released the findings of the causes of death in SA in 2015.
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Stats SA announces 3% decline in mortality rate
Statistician-General Pali Lehohla has released the latest mortality rates and causes of death report.
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Lehohla: SA believes drugs main driver of crime in country
Stats South Africa has revealed that the number of people whose homes have been burgled has dropped to 807,000.
