Unemployed people are slipping through the cracks because most of the country’s money is locked up in the financial sector.
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/ 11 September 2014
The four-week strike led by trade union Numsa in July disrupted the manufacturing sector causing production and output to shrink.
Consumer Price Inflation exceeded the Reserve Bank’s target band of 3% to 6% for the third time in .
It’s the number of skilled people that gets an economy going, not the distribution of those skills among its ethnic groups, writes Herman W Kruijsse.
Inflation in Africa’s second biggest economy has bust out of the Reserve Bank’s target band again in May.
Here is your guide to the data releases, central bank meetings and other events likely to drive markets in the week ahead.
This week, Stats SA is due to release the country’s latest retail figures, while China will report its growth figures. Here’s the economic week ahead.
South Africa’s poverty rate fell 11 percentage points (from 57% to 46%) between 2009 and 2011, Statistics South Africa has said.
The unemployment rate fell to 24.1% or 50 000 according to Statistics South Africa data released on Tuesday.
Research shows women are more likely to have high blood pressure and experts blame the added stress of unequal gender roles.
The Consumer Price Index annual inflation rate in December 2013 has surprised the market, having come in just marginally higher than in November.
Factory output is looking good as the rand’s decline has boosted revenue from exports.
South African household expenditure increased 24.6% between 2005/2006 and 2010/2011, Stats South Africa said.
Statistics South Africa says the consumer price inflation rate accelerated to 5.5% year-on-year in September.
The latest Statistics South Africa figures suggest social grants and a large public service are taking their toll on government coffers.
The headline inflation rate for April 2012 was 6.1%, Statistics South Africa said on Wednesday.
The eurozone crisis should steal the show this week, while in SA the Reserve Bank is considering interest rates, and inflation is in the spotlight.
Beyond French election results, central bank speeches in the US, production figures in Europe and key releases in SA, it will be an interesting week.
Corruption Watch shows massive gaps between the public’s experience of JMPD corruption and the metro cops’ recognition of the problem.
Statistics have shown a slump in the establishment of new businesses, but experts say they have just gone under the radar.
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/ 17 February 2012
At a time when job creation is the focus of economic policy, a colossal fight is brewing over the reliability of employment statistics in SA.
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/ 23 January 2012
South Africa aims to create five million jobs by 2020 but has only created 624 000 in the last decade, according to a survey released on Monday.
Good figures from last year suggest that 2012 is likely to be even better.
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/ 13 December 2011
A Statistics SA survey has shown the formal non-agriculture sector has seen a rise of 59 000 jobs for the third quarter of the year.
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/ 30 November 2011
Stats SA has revealed that the number of deaths registered in 2009 dropped by 3.8% from 2008 with TB as the main cause of death by natural causes.
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/ 23 November 2011
Statistics South Africa says Consumer Price Inflation accelerated in October to 6% year-on-year after economists expected growth to reach 5.9%.
The <i>M&G</i>, in association with Stats SA is hosting a series of Business Breakfasts ahead of the 2011 census.
Fewer companies closed down in April 2011 compared to the same month last year, Statistics South Africa said on Monday.
Economists are raising alarm over losses in the private sector and growth in government jobs.
South Africa’s annual inflation rate remained unchanged at 3,7% in February, within the government’s target range of 3% to 6%.
Growth in South Africa’s retail sales slowed to 6,4% year-on-year in January at constant prices, compared with an 8,3% increase in December.
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/ 14 October 2010
This week, Statistics South Africa kicked off the countdown to Census 2011, which will take place on October 9 and 10 next year.