Statistics South Africa (Stats SA) has announced that South Africa’s real gross domestic product (GDP) grew 0.5 percent in ...

How many migrants live in South Africa, and what impact do they have on jobs and services? Official data and migration ...

June 2026. South Africa’s gross domestic product (GDP) increased by 0,5% in the first quarter of 2026, following an increas ...

Consumer inflation has leapt to 4% in April from 3.1% in March. This is according to the latest figures that Statistics South Africa (Stats SA) released on Wednesday. Stats SA said this is the highest ...

South Africa's economy expanded more than expected in the first quarter of 2026, with output growing in nearly all sectors, though the statistics agency said the impact of the Iran war was likely to ...

A lack of funding is holding back StatsSA from providing richer datasets. (Graphic: Nicola Mawson | Freepik) A bigger budget and larger team would enable Statistics South Africa (Stats SA) to ...

Stats SA survey shows rising access to housing, electricity, water, sanitation and digital connectivity across South Africa.

Statistics South Africa’s latest Poverty Trends report covering the period from 2006 to 2023 reveals the scale of social devastation in South Africa, underscoring the failure of a capitalist system ...

Deputy minister in the presidency Nonceba Mhlauli has sounded the alarm over the chronic underfunding and vacancies plaguing Stats SA, warning that the institution’s ability to uphold democracy and ...

About 23-million South Africans, or 37.9% of the population, are living below the lower-bound poverty line, according to the latest poverty trends released by Stats SA on Tuesday. The official ...

South Africa’s statistics agency, Stats SA, has fallen victim to a data breach affecting one of its departments, the agency confirmed. It is believed that the cyberattack was perpetrated by a ...