MEDIA ADVISORY                                                                                                                                                            27 August 2025 Statistics South Africa will release the results of the 2023 Personal Services Industry Survey at a virtual briefing on 28 August 2025. The report presents estimates for the personal services industry and provides information on income, employment, expenditure, services, and purchases within the sector. Estimates are based on the 2023 Personal Services Large Sample Survey, which covers enterprises registered   read more »

MEDIA ADVISORY                                                                                                                                                            26 August 2025 Statistics South Africa will release the results of the 2023 Transport and Storage Industry Survey at a virtual briefing on 27 August 2025. The report highlights changes in income, employment, expenditure, services, purchases, and other selected variables within the transport and storage industry. This survey covers enterprises that are registered for tax and primarily engaged in   read more »

MEDIA ADVISORY                                                                                                                                                            21 August 2025 Statistician-General to Release Governance, Public Safety and Justice Survey (GPSJS) 2024/25 Victims of Crime Release The Statistician-General of South Africa, Mr Risenga Maluleke, will release the results of the Victims of Crime report from the Governance, Public Safety and Justice Survey (GPSJS) 2024/25 at a media briefing on Tuesday, 26   read more »

MEDIA STATEMENT STATS SA CLARIFIES MISREPRESENTATION ON QLFS QUESTIONNAIRE UPDATE  13 August 2025 For immediate release Statistics South Africa (Stats SA) notes recent media reports attempting to link the latest update to the Quarterly Labour Force Survey (QLFS) questionnaire with comments made by the former CEO of Capitec Bank. This linkage is factually incorrect, misleading,   read more »

MEDIA ADVISORY  07 August 2025 Statistics South Africa to release the Quarterly Labour Force Survey (QLFS), Quarter 2 of 2025 Statistics South Africa (Stats SA) will release the Quarterly Labour Force Survey (QLFS) results for the second quarter of 2025 at a media briefing in Tshwane on Tuesday, 12 August 2025. The Labour Force Survey   read more »

MEDIA STATEMENT Stats SA Engages Capitec on Labour Statistics and Informal Sector Dynamics  04 July 2025 For immediate release The Minister in the Presidency, Khumbudzo Ntshavheni, the Statistician-General, Mr Risenga Maluleke, and senior representatives from Stats SA and National Treasury met with Capitec Bank CEO Mr Gerrie Fourie and his management team on 3rd of July 2025   read more »

MEDIA ADVISORY                                    30 June 2025 For Immediate Release Community Engagement Ahead of the Statistics South Africa Budget Vote On Wednesday, 2 July 2025, the Deputy Minister in the Presidency, Ms Nonceba Mhlauli, will be joined by the Statistician-General of South Africa, Mr Risenga Maluleke, senior executives of Statistics South Africa, local councillors, and other community   read more »

MEDIA RELEASE                                                                                      24 June 2025 For Immediate Release Quarterly Employment Statistics (QES) – Q1:2025 Total employment decreased by 74 000 or -0,7% quarter-on-quarter, from 10 653 000 in December 2024 to 10 579 000 in March 2025. This was due to decreases in the following industries: trade (-52 000 or -2,2%), community services (-17 000   read more »

MEDIA ADVISORY 24 June 2025 Statistics South Africa to release the results of the Agriculture Survey, 2023                                                                   Statistics South Africa (Stats SA) will release the 2023 Agriculture Industry survey results at a virtual briefing on 26 June 2025. The survey estimates are derived from the 2023 Agricultural large sample survey. Results for the survey include   read more »

29 May 2025 MEDIA ADVISORY    Statistics South Africa to release the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) Q1 2025   Statistics South Africa (Stats SA) will release the results of the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) for the first quarter of 2025 at a media briefing on Tuesday, 3 June 2025, in Tshwane.   Please note the following   read more »