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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.
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Rural households staving off food insecurity with subsistence farming - study
Stats South Africa has found that three-quarters of households resort to growing their own food and it's not necessarily for trading purposes.
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Nearly half of SA’s children have never read a book with a parent - Stats SA
Stats SA said families and households were crucial to the emotional and cognitive development of children, but more and more were left in the care of other relatives such as grandparents.
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Social grants second-most important source of income in SA – Stats SA
Over 17 million South Africans rely on social welfare grants from the state.
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ANALYSIS: Data fails to capture complexity of SA’s unemployment crisis
South Africa’s embrace of international conventions has buttressed the country’s reputation in statistical circles. But these global standards prove a poor fit for the country.
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IEC: SG Maluleke’s report reveals ‘negligible risks’ from double voting
It said the validation exercise was conducted independently by Statistics South Africa based on voting station result data from 1,020 voting stations.
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WC no longer has lowest unemployment rate, according to stats
At 19.5%, the province's unemployment rate is now a percentage point higher than Limpopo’s.
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Unemployment rate: Graduates caught in vicious cycle
Statistics South Africa says the number of employed people decreased by 237,000 to 16.3 million in the first quarter of this year.
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The provinces with the highest unemployment rates from 2009 - 2019
A look at the trends in unemployment by province over the last 10 years shows that two provinces, the Free State and the Eastern Cape, have consistently had the highest unemployment rates.
