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SA unemployment rate rises to 27.2% in Q2
In its quarterly labour force survey, Statistics South Africa says that the manufacturing sector saw the most job losses.
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Gauteng is SA's most populous province, Stats SA reveals
Statistics South Africa on Monday released the mid-year population estimates, revealing that South Africa’s population now stands at 57.7 million.
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Economist: SA’s economy still not creating enough jobs
Stats SA released the findings on Tuesday showing that employment increased due to the community services construction manufacturing and business services sectors.
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Employment increased by 56,000 jobs in Q1, stats show
Stats SA has attributed the increase to community services, construction, manufacturing and the business services sector.
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Almost 90% of SA households don't have internet at home - GHS
The Western Cape has by far the highest number of people with internet access at home, followed by Gauteng.
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6 positive ways in which SA has developed in last 15 years
The percentage of people with no formal schooling has dropped by 6.7 percentage points nationally between 2002 and 2017.
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Fewer than 17% of South African belong to med aid schemes - Stats SA
Stats SA’s Isabelle Schmidt says this figure has remained largely unchanged for more than a decade.
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Less than 17% of SA households have medical aid – survey
Stats SA says access to medical aid is determined by wealth while about 70% of households use public health facilities.
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Stats SA: TB, diabetes top 2 killers in SA
HIV came in as the fifth leading cause of natural deaths at 4.8%.
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Retail sales rise slower in January as Black Friday effect wanes
Retail sales rose by 3.1 percent year-on-year in January, after increasing by a revised 5.1 percent in December and 7.9 percent the month before that.
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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.
