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Stats SA: To be viewed as unemployed, you must be actively looking for a job
Stats SA on Tuesday said the official unemployment figure shrunk to a record low from 30.1% in the first quarter of the year, the lowest unemployment rate recorded since 2008.
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SA loses 2.2 million jobs in Q2 but unemployment rate decreases to 23.3%
The South African economy has lost 2.2 million jobs in the second quarter of 2020, according to the data released by StatsSA.
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Economists expect to see nearly 1 million jobs lost in Q2 unemployment stats
The grim outlook on the data is based on the GDP’s performance in the second half of the year, which saw the country fall deeper into recession with the economy shrinking by 16.4%.
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WC Agriculture MEC Meyer ‘pleased’ with latest stats showing recovery of sector
Meyer said agricultural industries in the province have over the past two-quarters improved harvests and sales of citrus, dried and deciduous fruit, compared to last year.
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Statistician-General Maluleka unsure whether economy will improve in near future
Stats SA said that the economy shrank by 16.4% from the first quarter to the second quarter.
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Pressure on Ramaphosa to jump-start economy as SA sinks deeper into recession
The president reacted after Stats SA revealed the most recent GDP results, which showed the country had slipped deeper into recession during the nationwide lockdown.
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Communications industry ‘winner’ as most sectors choked under COVID lockdown
The largest negative contributors to the negative growth in GDP for quarter 2 were manufacturing, trade, and transport – which were severely affected by the lockdown regulations.
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StatsSA: Fear of contracting COVID saw vast drop in household consumption
Stats SA said the economy shrank by 16.4% from the first quarter to the second quarter of 2020.
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Q2 GDP figures expected to give clearer picture of COVID-19 lockdown impact
There have been varied opinions as to how much the GDP contraction will be for the second quarter.
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Stats SA says first-ever digital census trial proceeding smoothly
Stats SA said that the testing of the system started earlier in August at selected parts of the country.
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Stats SA announces further delay in release of Q2 labour force results
This is for the second quarter of this year which was affected by the nationwide lockdown.
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Bleak tourism figures show sector facing steep climb back to pre-lockdown levels
StatsSA's tourist accommodation figures for June record a year-on-year decline in revenue from accommodation of more than 95%.
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Petrol price impacted consumer price index - Stats SA
South Africa's CPI has increased slightly to 2.2% for June, from 2.1% in May.
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Inside SA's latest jobs figures
Statistics South Africa said the country’s non-agriculture sector saw employment decrease by about 3,000 jobs in the first quarter of this year compared with the final quarter of last year.
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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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Maluleke: Global effects of COVID-19 were already being felt in Q1
The second-quarter results are expected to paint an even bleaker picture of the impact of the national lockdown, which forced businesses to shut down, halting economic activity for over two months.
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Q1 employment stats see 8.5 million SA youth without jobs
The unemployment rate increased by 1 percentage point from 29.1% by December 2019.
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SA's Q1 unemployment rate increased to 30.1% - Stats SA
The number of employed persons decreased by 38,000 to 16,4 million between January and March 2020.
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Lockdown affects Stats SA’s collection of economic data
Statistics South Africa is struggling to collect the data required to pull together crucial reports.
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Stats SA postpones releasing April CPI figure due to lockdown restrictions
The April CPI figure will now be published at the end of June.
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SA's retail sales up 2% year-on-year in February
On a month-on-month basis sales were down 0.4%. They rose 0.8% in the three months to the end of February compared with the same period last year, Statistics South Africa said.
