Statistician general pali lehohla
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.
Statistician-General Pali Lehohla says that there’s been a steady decline in the number of households hit by crime since 2013.
The decline was mainly driven by job losses in the manufacturing and construction industries.
Statistician General Pali Lehohla released the 2016 domestic travel survey in Pretoria on Monday.
After 17 years at the helm and 34 years at the organisation, Statistician-General Pali Lehohla will vacate his position in October.
Statistician-general Pali Lehohla released the Quarterly Labour Force survey at a briefing in Pretoria on Monday.
Public expenditure has increased from R200 billion in 2011 to R284 billion this financial year.
Lehohla says the public sector under the new construction works programme spent over R1 million less in 2016 compared to 2015.
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.
Statistician General Pali Lehohla announced the first quarter formal sector employment survey results in Pretoria on Tuesday.
The survey measures the changes in employment across all industries in the formal sector of the economy.
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.
Stats SA released the latest unemployment figures which stand at 27.7%, the highest it has been in 13 years.
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.
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.
Statistician-General Pali Lehohla released mortality rates on Tuesday, which also indicate a steady decline deaths reported during 2015.
Earlier on Tuesday, Statistician-General Pali Lehohla released the findings of the causes of death in SA in 2015.
Statistician-General Pali Lehohla has released the latest mortality rates and causes of death report.
Stats South Africa has revealed that the number of people whose homes have been burgled has dropped to 807,000.