PRETORIA, Sept 5 (Reuters) - South Africa's economy grew 0.6% in the second quarter of 2023 in quarter-on-quarter seasonally-adjusted terms, after growing by 0.4% in the first quarter, data from the ...

Stats SA relies on household surveys and estimates rather than a direct count of jobs or those looking for work. Statistician ...

South Africa's economy slows in third quarter but investment a bright spot South Africa's economic growth slowed in the third quarter of 2025 as expected, but analysts heralded a pickup in fixed ...

PRETORIA, Oct 10 (Reuters) - South Africa's population rose to 62 million people last year from 51.8 million in 2011, according to census data from the statistics agency released on Tuesday. The ...

Statistics South Africa’s latest Poverty Trends report covering the period from 2006 to 2023 reveals the scale of social devastation in South Africa, underscoring the failure of a capitalist system ...

Stats SA has found that used vehicles are cheaper than a year ago, giving consumers on the market for a pre-loved car some reprieve. The annual change for transport slipped to 0.7% in November from ...

South Africa’s economy expanded at the slowest pace in four years in 2024 as most sectors failed to contribute to growth because of logistical constraints, weak consumer spending, a drought and poor ...

Poverty in South Africa remains a significant and persistent challenge despite efforts and progress in decreasing it over the last two decades. This was revealed in the latest report by Statistics ...

Statistics South Africa (Stats SA) has urged citizens against the sharing of misinformation which now poses a significant threat to Statistical Value Chain (SVC) data-gathering methods after a picture ...

David Everatt is Chair of the South African Statistics Council. Statistics South Africa has embarked on its once-a-decade process to count all people in the country - including non-citizens. Census ...