Tag: Stats SA
Cape Town’s employment levels rise
Cape Town’s unemployment rate has dropped by 2.1%, while the national unemployment rate has increased to 27.5%. This makes it the ninth consecutive quarter in which the Mother City has shown...
SA lost 69 000 jobs in second quarter – Stats SA
Employment in SA's non-agricultural formal sector dropped by 69 000 between March and June 2018, Statistics SA announced on Wednesday in its latest Quarterly Employment Statistics (QES) bulletin.Â
The QES results...
10 things you need to know about SA’s first recession since 2009
Stats SA announced on Tuesday that the country's real gross domestic product contracted by 0.7% in the second quarter of 2018. This follows a revised fall of 2.6% in the first quarter...
SA’s first-quarter GDP takes a knock, shrinks by 2.2%
South Africa's real gross domestic product fell by 2.2% in the first quarter of 2018, Stats SA announced on Tuesday.
Statistician general Risenga Maluleke released the figures at a media...
Food industry shows growth in SA
South Africans are spending more money on fast-food and coffee this year than they were in 2017, according to a survey carried out by Stats SA. There has been a notable...
Cape Town and Western Cape ready to welcome 2 million more international tourists
Cape Town and the Western Cape is open for tourism and is ready for a bumper peak season, which promises to be the best yet. International arrivals have grown by an...
The African Business Outlook
The African Business Outlook is looking quite bleak, with corruption and a lack of adequate infrastructure seeming to be the biggest problems in the business climate. This is according to the...
MUST READ
South Africa can become a global hub for making batteries for...
For the country to become a player in the alternative powered vehicle market, it needed to provide clarity on its battery manufacturing plans and...