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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.
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3 mln discouraged workers: The unemployed have given up - economist
Statistics SA released the Quarterly Labour Force Survey results which showed that the unemployment rate had increased by 0.5% in the first three months of 2019.
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SA unemployment rate hits highest level since 2017 at 27.6%
South Africa's unemployment rate has risen to its highest level since the third quarter of 2017 to 27.6% at the end of the first quarter of 2019, according to data released by Stats SA on Tuesday.
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Saftu's Vavi warns SA's unemployment rate could increase
Statistics South Africa is expected to release its quarterly survey on the unemployment rate on Tuesday.
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No independent audit on alleged voting irregularities, says IEC
At least 27 parties are demanding that the independent audit be conducted by another body other than Stats SA.
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CT murder rate highest, Tshwane lowest in SA - safety report
The report is a collation of data from sources like the South African Police Service and Stats SA to look at the state of crime, violence and safety in the country’s nine metros.
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Stats SA: Jobs in formal sector increased by 87k in 2018’s fourth quarter
The numbers also indicate that people working part-time increased by 37,000 while those working full time increased by 50,000.
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SA’s manufacturing output up 0.3% y/y in January
On a month-on-month basis factory production contracted by 2% in January, Statistics South Africa.
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Investors to closely monitor SA polls after positive GDP figures, say economists
Stats SA said the country’s economy expanded by 1.4% in the fourth quarter of last year following a revised figure of 2.6% in the third quarter.
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SA attains 2 successive quarters of growth
The expansion comes after a revised figure of 2.6% in the third quarter. It’s welcome news as the country entered into a technical recession last year.
