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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.
SA’s unemployment rate climbed to 25,3% in the second quarter of 2010, a slight increase from 25,2% in the first three months of the year.
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/ 9 February 2010
SA’s official unemployment rate edged lower in the fourth quarter of 2009, halting massive job losses.
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/ 6 November 2009
South Africa’s statistics agency has rebased its gross domestic product (GDP) survey and added previously excluded activities.
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/ 29 October 2009
SA’s official jobless rate increased to 24,5% of the labour force in the third quarter of 2009, from 23,6% in the second quarter, a report shows.
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/ 28 October 2009
South Africa’s targeted consumer inflation slowed to 6,1% year-on-year in September from 6,4% in August, data showed on Wednesday.
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/ 23 September 2009
South Africa’s producer price inflation stood at -4% year-on-year in August compared with -3,8% in July, Statistics South Africa said on Wednesday.
Nearly three million of the 6,7-million young South Africans in the 18-to-24-year age group were unemployed or not receiving education and training.
South Africa’s targeted consumer inflation slowed sharply to 6,9% year-on-year in June, below expectations, from 8% in May.
SA’s official jobless rate ticked up slightly in the second quarter, a labour report showed on Tuesday.
South Africa’s producer price index (PPI) is expected to have increased in March at 5,5% year-on-year (y/y) from the 7,3% y/y seen in February.
The increase in South Africa’s consumer price index was up 8,6% in February from 8,1% year-on-year in January, Statistics SA said on Wednesday.
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/ 24 February 2009
South Africa’s manufacturing sector is not only in a recession, it is dropping at rates last seen before TV had even been introduced into the country.
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/ 24 February 2009
South Africa’s real gross domestic product dropped by -1,8% in the fourth quarter of 2008 from +1,2% in the third quarter, Stats SA said on Tuesday.
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/ 9 December 2008
SA gold production in October fell 14,4% year-on-year, Statistics South Africa announced on Tuesday.
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/ 12 November 2008
Retail trade sales for September 2008 decreased by 5% at constant prices, compared with September 2007, Statistics South Africa said on Wednesday.
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/ 30 October 2008
SA’s producer price inflation (PPI) slowed to 16% year-on-year in September from 19,1% in August, below expectations, data showed on Thursday.
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/ 28 October 2008
Employment levels in the second and third quarter of 2008 remained stable at 13,7-million, Statistics South Africa said on Tuesday.
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/ 15 October 2008
SA’s retail sales fell by 5,5% year-on-year in August at constant prices, official data showed on Wednesday.
SA’s jobless rate was at 23,1% of the labour force in the second quarter of 2008, from 23,5% in the first quarter, a labour report showed on Thursday.
South Africa’s economic growth rate accelerated to 4,9% in the second quarter of 2008 on a seasonally adjusted and annualised basis.
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There is no error in Statistic South Africa’s calculation of the official inflation rate, the agency said on Wednesday.