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The Quarterly Labour Force Survey, which provides the latest unemployment figures, is being released by Stats SA on Tuesday. These are for the 3rd quarter of 2021.

Economists stress need for urgent reform as data does not reflect July’s job-destroying unrest

SADC tourists boost SAs international travel Updated Steve Bhengu Share this: Statistics South Africa says despite the Covid-19 blow to the travel and tourism industries, the countys seen a healthy number of international visitors arrive in recent months.  iStock Its been collecting data and tracking movement at major airports - like Durbans King Shaka International - since the hard lockdown came to an end last year, and cross-border tourism was given the green light again. Stats SAs Tshawro...

Lindohkuhle Makhubo’s online store is among the Covid-19 causalities. In March, the 27-year-old from Newcastle in KZN had to liquidate the business because she couldn’t keep up. .. This article is free to read if you register or sign in. If you have already registered or subscribed, please sign in to continue.

A total of 216 liquidations recorded this March is an increase of 49% compared with the same month last year, says Statistics SA.

GDP could shrink by 7 percent says economist Updated Andrew Robertson Share this: An economist believes the latest statistics will show that gross domestic product grew substantially by at least 6% in the fourth quarter of 2020.  Money/ iStock But Mike Schussler says we are likely to see a 7% decline for the year.  Well know the full picture when Statistics SA releases the figures this morning. Schussler says the economic bounceback is better than expected.  "We will get better growth than...

We need to urgently turn most of the social grant earners – save for the elderly – into wage earners and job creators

Another report by Stats SA on tourism and migration for December 2020 showed that foreign arrivals decreased by 82.1% (from 1.5 million arrivals in December 2019 to 279,539 in December 2020). The report showed that while 163,335 tourists came from Europe in December 2019, only 26,880 arrived from the continent in December 2020. While 772,945 visitors came from other African countries in December 2019, only 161,358 arrived in December last year.  Tshivhengwa said the TBCSA made a presentation...

Tito urged to put jobs first in budget 23 February 2021 - 18:48 Image: SUPPLIED Finance minister Tito Mboweni’s budget today should prioritise creating jobs and protecting the livelihoods of the countrys poor  to resuscitate the economy. This is the sentiment held by economists who spoke to Sowetan on Tuesday ahead of Mbowenis budget which will be tabled in parliament this afternoon. Economist Duma Gqubule said Mboweni is in a better position than anticipated as the revenue...

The food and non-alcoholic beverages category was the main driver of inflation in December 2020. Stock photo. Image: 123RF/RICHARD THOMAS The food and non-alcoholic beverages category was the main driver of inflation in December 2020, Statistics SA (Stats SA) announced on Wednesday. Consumer price inflation was 3.1% in December, down from 3.2% in November, Stats SA said. It said food and non-alcoholic beverages increased by 6% year-on-year, and contributed one percentage point to the t...