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Business confidence the missing link to ease SA’s economic woes - economists
On Tuesday, Statistics SA announced GDP in the third quarter shrank by 0.6%.
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Stats SA’s financial woes won’t affect our work: Maluleka
Statistician-General Risenga Maluleka made the remarks while delivering the country's GDP numbers for the third quarter, which showed a contraction of 0.6%.
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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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SA's manufacturing production decreases by 2.4% - Stats SA
This comes after S&P Global on Wednesday hinted at a possible downgrade when the company releases data on its ratings review of the country this month.
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Rise in unemployment rate no surprise, says Cosatu
Statistician-General Risenga Maluleke said it was the highest unemployment rate since the survey started in 2008.
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Housebreaking the most common crime in SA
Stats South Africa has released the latest victims of crime report which records levels of crime and feelings of safety in the country.
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Northern Cape experienced most housebreakings in last year - Stats SA
Statistician-General Risenga Maluleka said that while housebreaking was the number one crime in the country, this did not include direct crime to persons.
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MPs at urgent sitting agree SA is facing an economic crisis
The debate was called for by Democratic Alliance (DA) leader Mmusi Maimane, who wants economic reforms that can shock the country’s economy back into life.
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MPs wants to know how many foreign nationals are unemployed in SA
Stats SA officials and members of Parliament’s employment and labour oversight committee were discussing the country's high unemployment rate.
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Economists sound warning on economic growth after SA dodges recession
On Tuesday, Statistics SA announced that the economy grew by 3.1% in the second quarter of the year after a sharp decline was recorded in the first few months of the year.
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Q2 GDP figures to bring relief to economy?
While the country remains in the midst of an economic crisis, the much-awaited GDP figures will be an indicator of the level of economic activity.
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Stats SA: SA has almost 3.6 million poverty-stricken households
Stats SA released its non-financial census of municipalities on Thursday which shows ratepayers are struggling to survive.
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Looking at companies that suffered major job losses
The alarming state of the South African economy is taking a heavy toll on companies, and many have announced retrenchments. Here are the major job losses from February 2019 to June 2019.
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Ramaphosa urged to show leadership as unemployment rate shocks
Stats SA on Tuesday revealed the official unemployment rate was 29%, the highest in more than a decade.
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Maimane calls for urgent Parly debate after latest unemployment figures
DA leader Mmusi Maimane wrote to National Assembly Speaker Thandi Modise asking for the debate to be scheduled as soon as possible.
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Employment growing at steady pace in SA since 2015 – Stats SA
Stats SA said there was a 9.2% increase in jobs between June 2015 and March 2019.
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22,000 more jobs recorded in first quarter of 2019 – Stats SA
The last Labour Force Survey produced by Stats SA rated the country’s unemployment rate at 27.1% following a 0.4% decrease in the fourth quarter of 2018.
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FIKILE-NTSIKELELO MOYA: There are more pressing issues than the SARB's mandate
I am sure many South Africans who are increasingly having to make do with less would probably wish that the most pressing matter in the minds of those in charge of government was the economy.
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SA's manufacturing jumps to best in over 2 years as power woes ease
Manufacturing output in Africa’s most industrialised economy expanded by 4.6% year-on-year in April, the biggest growth since June 2016, Stats SA said on Tuesday.
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Q1 GDP declines by 3.2% for largest quarterly drop in decade
The drop was mainly driven by declines in manufacturing and mining.
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FACT CHECK: Do 8 professionals leave South Africa for every 1 that comes in?
Africa Check takes a look at the claim that for every one professional immigrating to South Africa, eight are leaving.
