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[ALERT] SA unemployment down 1% to 26.7%
StatsSA has announced that unemployment was down to 26.7% in the fourth quarter of 2017 from 27.7% in the third quarter.
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CPI quickens to 4.7% year/year in December
On a month-on-month basis, inflation quickened to 0.5% in December from 0.1% in November.
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[ALERT] CPI slows to 4.6% year/year in November
On a month-on-month basis, inflation slowed to 0.1% in November from 0.3% in October.
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[ALERT] SA GDP at 2% in third quarter
A Reuters poll had expected third-quarter GDP growth to come in 1.5% q/q from 2.5% in the previous quarter.
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Economists expect Reserve Bank to leave rates unchanged
Earlier on Wednesday, Stats SA announced that CPI slowed to 4.8% in October in line with expectations.
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[ALERT] Unemployment in SA remains at 27.7%
However, Stats SA says this is still 0.6 of a percentage point higher compared to the same period last year.
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[ALERT] CPI rises to 5.1% y/y from 4.8%
Economists polled by Reuters had forecast a 4.9% year-on-year inflation print.
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[LISTEN] Key findings of Victims of Crime Survey
Over the last 2 decades, a number of surveys related to crime, crime victims and users of services provided by the safety and security cluster departments have been conducted by various service providers in SA.
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Survey: Some South Africans deem it acceptable to hit women
The survey is based on a sample size of 30,000 households and focuses on people’s perceptions and experiences of crime.
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Lehohla: Society is feeling unsafe
Stats SA’s victims of crime survey has revealed a steady decline in the public's confidence in the criminal justice system.
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Fewer South Africans experienced crime in last year - survey
Statistician-General Pali Lehohla says that there’s been a steady decline in the number of households hit by crime since 2013.
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SA sheds 34,000 jobs in Q2
The decline was mainly driven by job losses in the manufacturing and construction industries.
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[LISTEN] SA households spend more on beer than vegetables
Statistics South Africa released stats on consumer spending and found that households spend more on beer than vegetables.
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Economists not optimistic GDP growth will be sustained
The Democratic Alliance is equally pessimistic, saying the growth will do little to create jobs for the 9.3 million unemployed South Africans.
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High meat inflation remains worrying
The new data was part of Stats SA's release on Wednesday, which showed the overall inflation rate has pulled back even further in July to 4,6%.
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Mkhize: Some challenges undermining efforts to fight poverty self-inflicted
Stats SA released staggering figures on the latest poverty trends in the country, showing that more than 55% of people are effectively living below the poverty line.
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'July drop in fuel price one of biggest factors behind lower inflation rate'
According to Stats SA data, July's inflation rate came in at 4.6% down from 5.1% the previous month.
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ANC promises to act with urgency to deal with poverty
A Stats SA report shows that more than 55% of the population is effectively living below the poverty line.
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[ALERT] SA CPI slows to 4.6% y/y from 5.1%
This is the lowest level recorded since September 2015.
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Social grants a main source of livelihood, poverty report shows
The poverty trend report reveals that about 30 million South Africans live in poverty, of which about 11 million are considered to be living in extreme poverty.
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Stats SA report shows increase in people living in extreme poverty
Overall, the report found that about half of South Africans survive on less than R992 per month.
