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'Next statistician-general must have good understanding of SA landscape'
After 17 years at the helm and 34 years at the organisation, Statistician-General Pali Lehohla will vacate his position in October.
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Statistician-General Pali Lehohla to step down
Lehohla says he remains 'duty concerned', hinting that he wants to put his experienced technocratic mind to use in helping to address some of the country's many pressing issues.
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Stats SA: Over 3.3m young South Africans unemployed
More sobering still is that the vast majority of those unemployed youth are not pursuing any kind of study.
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Q2 unemployment rate unchanged
Statistician-general Pali Lehohla released the Quarterly Labour Force survey at a briefing in Pretoria on Monday.
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Meat prices still high following drought
Stats SA puts June's inflation rate at 5.1%, showing the rate at which prices are increasing is slowing down.
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SA’s manufacturing output down 0.8% y/y in May
Economists had forecast manufacturing volumes would contract by 4.5% year-on-year in May.
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Stats SA: Losses in manufacturing, trade sectors drive decline in employment
Statistician General Pali Lehohla announced the first quarter formal sector employment survey results in Pretoria on Tuesday.
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Employment drops slightly in first quarter of 2017
The survey measures the changes in employment across all industries in the formal sector of the economy.
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Lehohla: Unemployment rate rise driven by people looking for work
Stats SA released the Quarterly Labour Force survey in Pretoria on Thursday, which showed the unemployment rate was at 27.7%, the highest it has been since September 2003.
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Unemployment rate increases to 27.7%, highest since 2003
According to Stats SA the figures are the highest since September 2003.
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Learners rely heavily on school feeding programme - survey
Nearly 8 out of every 10 pupils attending a government school rely on a school feeding programme.
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‘Rate of convictions cannot give confidence in the system’
The figures show that of the 385,000 burglaries reported in 2016, only 71,000 suspects were arrested – which led to a mere 10,000 convictions.
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Social grants more prevalent than salaries in EC - Survey
According to Stats SA’s annual General Household Survey, the Eastern Cape has the most grant beneficiaries.
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Stronger rand, inflation rate could lead to interest rate cuts - analyst
Stats SA revealed inflation has slowed to 6.3% in February compared to the same time last year, which is down from January’s 6.6%.
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‘Domestic travelling in SA doesn’t translate to economic growth’
General Pali Lehohla says the large number of South Africans travelling domestically does not necessarily translate to economic growth or exhibit tourist behaviour..
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Economists: 2016 was bad, but there's hope for GDP growth
The GDP estimates released by Statistic South Africa in Pretoria yesterday show that the economy grew by a meagre 0.3% in 2016.
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Signs of poor economic growth traced back to 2010
The GDP estimates released in Pretoria on Tuesday show that the economy grew by a meagre 0.3% last year.
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SA records GDP of -0.3% in the fourth quarter of 2016
The main contributors to the negative GDP growth rate were the mining and quarrying industry and the manufacturing industry.
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Non-communicable diseases SA’s leading causes of death
Statistician-General Pali Lehohla released mortality rates on Tuesday, which also indicate a steady decline deaths reported during 2015.
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Lehohla: Mortality figures show shift from young to older groups
Earlier on Tuesday, Statistician-General Pali Lehohla released the findings of the causes of death in SA in 2015.
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Almost 1 million tourists visited SA over festive season
Overall, 4.5 million travellers passed through South Africa’s ports of entry in December.
