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South Africa’s economy will have to ramp-up activity in order to achieve the growth forecast of 4.2 percent in 2021 as Covid-19 continued to impact growth.

By Reuters Staff (Adds more details) PRETORIA, June 1 (Reuters) - South Africa’s unemployment rate rose to a new record high of 32.6% in the first quarter of 2021 from 32.5% in the final quarter of 2020, the statistics agency said on Tuesday. The rate was the highest since the quarterly labour force survey began in 2008. Statistics South Africa put the number of unemployed at 7.242 million people in the three months to the end of March, up from 7.233 million people in the previous three month...

This is the highest unemployment rate recorded since the start of the QLFS in 2008. Thuletho Zwane reports.

Stats SA begins registration for its census dress rehearsal Share Cape Town - Statistics SA has begun registration for its pilot census in selected areas across the country, including a number of areas in the Western Cape, to prepare for the upcoming national census. Statistician General Risenga Maluleke said in a statement on the Stats SA website that the registration for households/institutions to be counted in the pilot census will run until June 30. “While the date for the main census wil...

Consumer price inflation (CPI) has hit a 14-month high, rising to 4.4% last month from 3.2% in March, Statistics SA reported on Wednesday. This is the highest reading since the lockdown was implemented more than a year ago. Statistician-General Risenga Maluleke said the main contributors to the rise were food and non-alcoholic beverages, housing and utilities, transport and miscellaneous goods and services. “Food and non-alcoholic beverages increased by 6.3% year-on-year, and contributed 1.1 ...

By Reuters Staff 2 Min Read FILE PHOTO: Job seekers stand outside a construction site ahead of the release of the unemployement numbers by Statistics South Africa, in Eikenhof, south of Johannesburg, South Africa, June 23, 2020. REUTERS/Siphiwe Sibeko PRETORIA (Reuters) - South Africa’s unemployment rate jumped to a record high in the fourth quarter of last year, the statistics agency said on Tuesday, as the economy was further battered by the COVID-19 pandemic. Statistics South Africa said t...

South Africa’s economy contracted by 7% in 2020 reflecting the full impact of the Covid-19 pandemic and the strict lockdown. In the fourth quarter of 2020, however, it posted growth of 1.5%, giving an annualised growth rate of -6.3% said Stats SA on Tuesday. Stats SA released its 2020 fourth quarter and full year GDP results. The agency stated that these results follow the revised 13.7% (annualised: 67.3%) rise in economic activity recorded in the third quarter. Statistician-General Risenga M...

Number of learners walking to school has increased - Stats SA 4 March 2021 5:04 PM Statistician-General Risenga Maluleke gives updates on the National Household Travel Survey. Statistics South Africa (Stats SA) has released the National Household Travel Survey and walking is the most common mode of transport used in the country. About 17.4-million South Africans walk to their various destinations and 10.7-million individuals made use of taxis. Statistician-General Risenga Maluleke tells John ...

PricewaterhouseCoopers (PWC) chief economist Lullu Kruger has warned that it could take 10 years to address the country's current high unemployment unless something is done urgently to address the situation.

While the Eastern Cape tops the expanded unemployment chart among all provinces, its neighbour, the Western Cape’s rate stood at 26.8% as the least affected by the crisis.