The number of employed people in South Africa dropped by 2.2 million to 14.1 million in the second quarter, according to a report from Statistics South Africa.
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South Africa’s GDP slumped by 51% in the second quarter of 2020 as the result of one of the hardest Covid-19-related government lockdowns anywhere in the world.
Key South African data released this week suggests a record economic contraction in the second quarter as the damage wrought by a nationwide lockdown becomes clear.
Statistics South Africa is set to conduct a trial of the first digital census. The Census 2021 trial will test online and telephonic data collection to prepare for remote data collection in next year’s census.
South Africa’s economy contracted the most in a decade in the first quarter as the nation suffered the deepest power outages since 2008. The rand dropped and banking shares slumped.
South Africa’s economy avoided a second recession in seven years as mining and factory output rebounded. GDP rose an annualised 3,3% in the second quarter, compared with a 1,2% contraction the previous three months, the statistics office said in a report released
South Africa recorded a negative growth rate of -1,2% in the first quarter of 2016, according to the latest figures released by Stats SA on Wednesday. Statistician general Pali Lehohla announced the official GDP in Pretoria
Eskom took credit for accelerating the number of households connected to the electricity supply, after Statistics South Africa revealed on Thursday that levels increased “consistently from 77,1% in 2002 to 85,5% in 2015”. This came as Stats
Unemployment increased by 2,2 percentage points to 26,7% in the first quarter of 2016, compared to the fourth quarter of 2015. This is the highest rate since 2008. Employment levels declined in all industries, except community and
Income from Internet services rose by 8,6% between 2010 and 2013, with data bringing in the most money, Statistics South Africa said on Monday. Of the R35,1bn which was raked in for Internet services in 2013, the last year surveyed by Stats South Africa, wireless data revenue came to R19,7bn and fixed data R11bn