SA sees marked increase in social grant payments
Statistics South Africa on Thursday revealed that the number of people who benefited from social grants increased from 12.8% to 39.4% between 2002 and 2023.
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Statistics South Africa on Thursday revealed that the number of people who benefited from social grants increased from 12.8% to 39.4% between 2002 and 2023.
The official unemployment rate has dropped to 31.9%, according to Stats SA's figures for the third quarter of 2023.
While challenges in the education sector remain, gains are being made to ensure
South Africa concludes its first digitally-led census, as Statistics SA departs from the traditional ways of collecting information for the national population count.
There are 10.3 million more people in South Africa since the last count.