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Stats SA: Food inflation softens for 5th consecutive month
Statistics SA (Stats SA) said food inflation had softened for a fifth straight month, cooling from 9.9% percent in July…
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SARB says high inflation is hurting the poor the most in SA & sticks to its guns on Phala Phala
The Standing Committee on Finance was briefed by the South African Reserve Bank (SARB) and the Prudential Authority (PA) on…
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Sentiment in SA manufacturing falls to 3-year low as business conditions deteriorate
Sentiment in South Africa’s manufacturing industry over business conditions in the next six months has plunged to depressed levels last…
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Cancer deaths on the rise
Cancer is on the rise. Earlier this year, Stats SA released its report on cancer trends for the period spanning…
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Ramaphosa: We want to improve the lives of all South Africans
President Cyril Ramaphosa says the government’s goal is to improve the lives of all and to ensure that all South…
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Stats SA: Increasing number of teen mothers under 17
Statistics South Africa says that more than 60% of the births registered in the country were done without the details…
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Stats SA: SA still among countries with most joblessness in the world
Statistics South Africa said that while the recent unemployment rate showed signs of recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic, the country…
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Stats SA: Income for electricity, water & gas industry up by 6.4% at R330 billion
Stats SA says the total income for the electricity, gas, and water industry in 2021 was recorded at over R330…
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Stats SA: Full-time employment fell, part-time employment rose year-on-year
Recent data from Statistics South Africa shows a decrease in full-time employment and an increase in part-time employment year-on-year. It…
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Stats SA: Food prices remain high despite a drop in annual CPI
Statistics South Africa (Stats SA) said food prices remained high in August, despite a drop in the annual consumer price…
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Minister Zulu proposes those who earn R624 or less p/m receive R350 relief grant
Social Development Minister Lindiwe Zulu has proposed that those who earn R624 per month or less must receive the R350…
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Number of pupils not attending school tripled during COVID peak, Stats SA reveals
A Statistics South Africa report has shown how the number of children not attending school tripled at the peak of…
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Stats SA defends the quality of its unemployment data collection methods
Stats SA on Monday defended the quality of its data collection methods used to determine the unemployment rate in South…
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Concerns raised about low response rate in data collection process for QLFS
Some economists have again raised concern about low response rates in the data collection process for the Quarterly Labour Force…
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Stats SA: Almost one million homes broken into in SA in one year
More than one million incidents of housebreaking in over 800 000 homes occurred in South Africa during the 2020/21 financial…
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Big food price hikes coming for South Africa
The average cost of a monthly food basket for South African households has increased by 8.6% in one year, higher…
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Stats SA ready to get national census under way
Statistics South Africa has assured the public that it was ready and well prepared to ensure that everyone within the…
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Stats SA calls on all foreign nationals to participate in upcoming census
Statistics SA said it would use three methods to collect population and household data in the upcoming national census next…
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Unemployment and COVID-19 top of the agenda at Ramaphosa’s Cabinet meeting
As Cabinet members and President Cyril Ramaphosa met on Wednesday morning, the unemployment rate and COVID-19 developments were said to…
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The new dawn has failed drastically – EFF on unemployment crisis
South Africa’s unemployment crisis shows that the new dawn, introduced by President Cyril Ramaphosa, has drastically failed, says the Economic…
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