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Stats SA has released its first-ever migration profile, which tracks the movements of labour migration in the SADC region

By Kouthar Sambo Statistics South Africa (Stats SA) has released its first-ever migration profile, which has tracked the movements of labour migration in the Southern African Development Community (SADC) region. Speaking on VOC's In Conversation show on Wednesday, the Chief Director responsible for demographic and population Statistics Diego Iturralde, said the genesis of this report stems from the processes around the negotiation of the global compact for safe, orderly, and […]

28 March 2024

Local

Unemployment in South Africa now at 31%, showing signs of recovery

By Ragheema Mclean While unemployment in South remains a major cause for concern, slight areas of improvement were recorded in the third quarter of 2023. According to the Quarterly Labour Force Survey (QLFS) released by Statistics South Africa (StatsSA) this week, the country's unemployment rate now stands at 31.9%. The number of employed individuals increased by 399,000 to reach 16.7 million employed people in South Africa. This is a notable […]

15 November 2023

Local

SA unemployment rate records slight decline

Statistics South Africa has released the unemployment rate for the second quarter of 2023, which declined slightly to 32.6% from 32.9% in the first quarter. The number of unemployed people also declined slightly, coming in at 7 921 000. According to an expanded definition of unemployment that includes those discouraged from seeking work, 42.1% of the labour force was without work in the second quarter, compared with 42.4% in the […]

15 August 2023

Local

Scammers target the presidency and Stats SA

Be warned. Scammers are trying to lure South Africans into a trap under the guise of jobs at Stats SA and fraudulently using the name of President Cyril Ramaphosa. The presidency has warned “there are scam messages purporting to be sanctioned by the president or the presidency”. “The president does NOT request any funds or endorse any payments or contracts between third parties, whether through websites, adverts, social media, emails, […]

22 June 2023

Local

Saftu, Cosatu say not much to celebrate after unemployment rate in SA decreases by 0.2%

The South African Federation of Trade Unions (Saftu) said although the unemployment figures for Q4 of 2022 show a minor decline, it remains doubtful that the country has entered a trajectory of growth of employment. Stats SA revealed yesterday that the country's official unemployment rate eased marginally to 32.7% in the fourth quarter, a decrease of 0.2% from the previous quarter's 32.9% Saftu’s, Trevor Shaku, said overall the economy has […]

1 March 2023

Local

More South Africans are feeling unsafe as crime rate increases, says Stats SA

LOCAL Feelings of safety in SA have been declining since 2019/20, data released by Stats SA show. According to the Governance, Public Safety and Justice Survey 2021/22, released by statistician-general Risenga Maluleke on Tuesday, the percentage of adults aged 16 years and older who felt safe walking alone in their neighbourhoods during the day decreased from 84.8% in 2020/21 to 81.3% in 2021/22. “Females felt more unsafe than males walking […]

31 August 2022

News

Raised eyebrows from economists at Stats SA survey result

President Cyril Ramaphosa has urged all South Africans to work towards a speedy economic recovery. This plea came after 2.2 million jobs were lost nationwide in the second quarter of 2020. The president responded to the data released by Stats SA, which revealed that the country’s unemployment rate fell to 23.3% in the second quarter from 30.1% in the first quarter due to fewer people ‘looking’ for work amid the […]

1 October 2020

Local

Teen mothers contribute more than 10% to child birth: Stats SA

Teenagers between the age of 10 and 19 have contributed 13.9% to registered child birth in 2016, according to the Recorded Live Births report released by Statistics South Africa on Thursday. Out of the 969 415 births recorded last year, 136 996 were born to teen mothers, and another large number of births occurred to mothers between the ages of 20 and 39 years totalling 783 322, Statistician-General Pali Lehohla […]

29 September 2017

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