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 ...

Minister in the Presidency Khumbudzo Ntshavheni tabled Statistics South Africa’s 2026-27 budget, revealing measurable progress in reducing poverty and inequality, though the country remains far from ...

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 ...

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

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 ...

PRETORIA, Jan 28 (Reuters) - South Africa's statistics agency has updated its consumer inflation basket for the first time since 2022, including items like rosé wine, air fryers and streaming services ...

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 ...

South Africa's unemployment rate rose to 32.7% in ‌the first quarter of 2026 from 31.4% in the fourth quarter of 2025 , data from the statistics agency showed on Tuesday. December 2, 2025 South Africa ...

Stats SA's Quarterly Labour Force Survey data has revealed a sharp rise in youth unemployment in the first quarter of 2026.

Statistics South Africa (Stats SA) said that parents had to dig a little deeper into their pockets in January to cover the higher cost of school uniforms amid an increase in prices. The Pretoria-based ...

No census is ever exact: as academics Tom Moultrie and Rob Dorrington at the University of Cape Town have noted previously: a census is not, in reality, a full and accurate count of the number of ...

Statistics South Africa (Stats SA) has confirmed a cybersecurity breach that affected one of its Human Resources databases.