Analysis of South Africa's employment data by Stats SA shows which people have the best chances of securing jobs in South ...

Stats SA has defended the integrity of its official unemployment statistics following a high-level meeting with Capitec Bank CEO Gerrie Fourie, who recently questioned the credibility of the country's ...

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 ...

The January read of the consumer price index (CPI), scheduled for release on Wednesday, 19 February 2025, has been delayed by a week as the process of verifying updates to the basket of goods used to ...

Retail trade sales improved more than expected, increasing by 2.9% year-on-year in October. This, after sales increased by 3.1% year-on-year in September. Statistics South Africa (Stats SA) released ...

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 ...

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 ...

The latest Quarterly Employment Statistics (QES) for September 2025 revealed a modest increase in total employment, rising by 29,000 jobs, or 0.3%, from June 2025, bringing the total number employed ...

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