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Earlier on Tuesday, Stats SA revealed that the joblessness crisis in the country was worsening as the expanded definition of unemployment now stands at over eleven million people.

Unemployment rate jumps to a record high in SA Updated Newswatch unsplash It rose by 1.7 percentage points to 32.5 %  in the last three months of 2020. According to Stats SA, over 700 000 more people were out of work between October and December compared to the third quarter.  It took the number of unemployed to 7.2 million. The highest joblessness rates were among the age groups 15 to 24 and 25 to 34 at 63.2% and 41.2% respectively.  [Thread] South Africa’s #unemployment rate increased ...

Image: RUBY GAY MARTIN The official unemployment rate increased by 1.7 percentage points to 32.5% in the last quarter of 2020 - the highest since the start of the Quarterly Labour Force Survey (QLFS) in 2008, Statistics SA announced on Tuesday. Stats SA said results of the QLFS for the period between October and December 2020 showed the number of employed people increased by 333,000 to 15 million, and the number of unemployed people increased by 701,000 to 7.2 million compared to ...

Stats SA has published the latest unemployment numbers for the fourth quarter of 2020, showing that the country’s unemployment rate has hit the highest point…

Spiritual aspects of weddings also affected by ongoing pandemic Nombuso Kumalo and Nomvelo Masango"> By Nombuso Kumalo and Nomvelo Masango - 22 February 2021 - 09:55 Nqobile Mahlangu and Nkosingiphile Nkabinde Image: supplied According to statistics published by Stats SA in 2018, the rate of couples choosing to tie the knot by way of a registered civil marriage increased only slightly by 0.6% year on year. Add to these the unpredictable nature of the ongoing pandemic, financi...

The majority of the almost 11,000 citizens who were surveyed and showed willingness to take the vaccine were ANC supporters. When it came to the opposition parties, the survey revealed that where the party leaders have advocated or supported the vaccine, its members seemed more receptive of it. “Nearly 80% of ANC voters [who took part in the survey] either would or probably would take the vaccine. These figures mirror the views of how well the president has done in the handling of the Covid-1...

SA consumers will need to spend in a way that helps households get their money’s worth 16 February 2021 - 08:10 Sponsored Image: Unsplash/Chris Liverani In September 2020, Risenga Maluleke, statistician-general and head of Stats SA, announced that the SA economy had contracted by an annualised 51% in the second quarter of 2020 as a result of the strict lockdown measures imposed. Maluleke said it is also the first time in SA’s history that the economy recorded negative g...

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...

Poor manufacturing data points to difficult recovery for South Africa The 3.5% year-on-year decline in output for November came before a renewed wave of Covid-19 infections and deeper lockdown measures PREMIUM By Lynley Donnelly - 14 January 2021 South Africa’s partial recovery from the worst ravages of Covid-19 may have been losing steam even before a resurgent wave of the pandemic hit, new manufacturing data suggests.  .. This article is reserved for DispatchLIVE subscribers...

Postponing the census was not an option that statistician general Risenga Maluleke even wanted to contemplate at this point.