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SA consumer inflation rises to 3.2% y/y in July
On a month-on-month basis, the consumer price index was at 1.3% in July from 0.5% in the previous month.
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Stats SA hopes to reach 300k households in first-ever digital census trial
South Africa is due to roll out its first digital census next year, which will require respondents to register online and through social media platforms.
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Over 3,000 jobs shed in SA’s non-agriculture sector in first quarter of the year
This brings the total number of persons employed in the formal non-agricultural sector in South Africa to 10.2 million.
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SA's retail sales plunge in April and May after hard lockdown
At the end of March, President Cyril Ramaphosa took early action, shutting restaurants, banning alcohol and tobacco sales, while ordering people to stay at home and sending the army on to the streets to enforce it.
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SA black & coloured millennials have lowest university attendance - report
StatsSA's Education and Labour Market Outcomes in SA report revealed that more millennials than Generation Xers in the Indian/Asian population group attended university, while fewer millennials in the other population groups attended university institutions compared to Generation Xers.
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Load shedding contributing to unemployment rate, says economist
Stats South Africa has announced that the country’s unemployment rate has remained at 29.1%.
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Inflation slows to 8-year low, putting rates cuts back in picture
Headline consumer inflation slowed to 3.7% year-on-year in October from 4.1% in September while monthly price growth was flat at 0%.
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Stats SA: SA is one of the most unequal countries in the world
Statistician-General Risenga Maluleke has released the inequality trends in South Africa.
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Things could get tougher for SA consumers, says economist
Statistics South Africa released a report on Wednesday, showing an increase in retail sales which boded well for economic growth.
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Investors to closely monitor SA polls after positive GDP figures, say economists
Stats SA said the country’s economy expanded by 1.4% in the fourth quarter of last year following a revised figure of 2.6% in the third quarter.
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Retail sales up 2.2% year/year in October - Stats SA
Sales were up 1.8% in the three months to the end of October compared with the same period in 2017, Statistics South Africa said.
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Stats SA: Gross earnings in non-agricultural sectors increase by 4.2%
Stats SA says the increase in gross earnings comes with an increase in jobs in six sectors, including the community and business services, as well as mining.
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16,000 jobs lost in Q3 of 2018, says Stats SA
The report has cited manufacturing, construction and mining as some of the key contributors, with the electricity industry remaining unchanged.
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Stats SA: Growth in agriculture sector helps get SA out of recession
Statistics South Africa (Stats SA) says gross domestic product (GDP) for the third quarter expanded by 2.2% quarter on quarter.
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Stats SA to announce third quarter GDP results
South Africans will know on Tuesday whether the country has emerged from a technical recession.
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Stats SA to help with land reform process
From next Monday, officials are to visit farmsteads countrywide embarking on a census of commercial farms.
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[LISTEN] Big 5 reasons why SA keeps shedding jobs
Money Show presenter Bruce Whitfield and labour analyst Andrew Levy discuss the latest employment figures that were released by Statistic SA this week.
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SA lost 69,000 jobs in second quarter
Stats SA says the total number of jobs reported in the second quarter showed a decrease of 69,000.
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Nearly a million babies born in SA last year
The majority of the births registered were for boys leading to a sex ratio of 102 boys to 100 girls.
