Zuko Komisa Image | Adobe Stock South Africa experienced a notable decline in employment during the first quarter of 2025, with 74 000 jobs lost between December 2024 and March 2025. This downturn brings the total number of employed individuals down to 10 579 000 from 10 653 000 in the previous quarter, according to the latest Quarterly Employment Statistics released by Statistics South Africa (Stats SA) on Tuesday. Several […]
Mapaballo Borotho South African money / Pexels Statistics South Africa (Stats SA) on Tuesday, confirmed that the South African economy grew by 0.1% in the first quarter of 2025. The economic growth was largely driven by agriculture, with a production increase of 15.8%, adding 0.4 of a percentage point to the gross domestic product (GDP) growth. "Good rains contributed to the industry’s fortunes, with horticulture benefitting the most. Animal products […]
Zuko Komisa Image | Adobe Stock South Africa's consumer inflation saw a modest increase in April, climbing to 2.8% year-on-year from 2.7% in March, according to data released by Statistics South Africa (Stats SA) on Wednesday. This slight rise was primarily driven by higher costs in housing and utilities, as well as alcoholic beverages and tobacco. Despite the annual rise, monthly consumer inflation actually slowed down, easing to 0.3% in […]
Zuko Komisa Image | Adobe Stock South Africa's unemployment rate fell by a mere 0.2 percentage point in the fourth and final quarter of last year. Despite a minor improvement in joblessness, at least 8 million South Africans remain unemployed. The number of 'Not Economically Active' persons increased by 18 000 in Q4:2024 compared to Q3:2024. This means that the official unemployment rate now stands at 31.9%. According to Statistics […]
Zuko Komisa Image | Adobe Stock Statistics South Africa (Stats SA) indicates that the GDP decreased by 0.1% in the three months ending in March after growing by 0.3% in the previous quarter. “The manufacturing industry decreased by 1.4% in the first quarter of 2024, contributing -0.2 of percentage point to the negative GDP growth. Five of the ten manufacturing divisions reported negative growth rates in the first quarter,” “The […]
Zuko Komisa Image: SA Reserve Bank SA's economy grew by 0.6% from the first to the second quarter. The GDP of South Africa expanded by 0.6% in the second quarter of 2023 from 0.4% in the first, according to data issued by Statistics South Africa. The industries of agriculture, manufacturing, mining, banking, and personal services among others all contributed to the slight development. "Six industries on the supply side of […]
Zuko Komisa Photo by Lukas: Unemployment rate has decreased by 0,3 to 32,6% in Q2, according to StatsSA. According to figures released on Tuesday, South Africa's unemployment rate decreased slightly to 32.6% in the second quarter of this year from 32.9% in the first, marking its lowest level since the first quarter of 2021. Statistics According to South Africa, there were 7.921 million unemployed persons in the second quarter compared […]
Zuko Komisa ZAR banknotes and coins/ Pexels SA's inflation drops to 5.4 %. South Africans can exhale with relief after the consumer price inflation (CPI) rate dropped to 5.4% in June. Stats SA revealed that the rate in June is the lowest reading in 20 months (since October 2021) when the rate was 5,0%. The last time inflation went below 6%, it continued, was in April 2022. According to StatsSA data, this […]
Photo by Elijah O'Donnell from Pexels Stats SA says that the unemployment rate was 32,7% in the fourth quarter of 2022. The majority of the jobs generated in the most recent quarter were part-time, according to Statistics South Africa's quarterly employment statistics report, which was released on Tuesday. Part-time employment increased by 42 000 (4,9%) compared to full-time employment's increase of 6 000 (0,1%). South Africa's overall employment rose from […]
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