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Stats SA: Over 3.7 million young South Africans remain locked out of jobs, education and training

That translates to approximately 3.7 million young people who are disconnected from both the job market and opportunities to ...
EWN

Stats SA: Unemployment rate ticks up by 0.1% in Q3

South Africa’s unemployment rate has risen from 33,6% in the second quarter of 2026 to 33,7% in the third quarter of 2026, ...
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Stats SA reveals the provinces with the most people in employment

Stats SA ranks the Western Cape first for employment at 55.4%, as Premier Alan Winde marks 69,000 new jobs and total employment of 2.88 million in Q3 2026.
Opinion
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CLARENCE TSHITEREKE | Mining at the centre of Stats SA’s GDP revision

This revision challenges the narrative of mining as a declining sector with diminishing relevance to South Africa’s future. Although its direct share of GDP has fallen from 20.4% in 1980, the revised ...
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Fewer Trips But Higher Spending: What Stats SA’s Domestic Tourism Survey Shows About Local Travel

Leisure accounted for 24.2% of those latest overnight trips in 2025, compared with 21.6% in 2024. Visiting friends and ...
AllAfrica on MSN

South Africa's unemployment rate rises to 33.7 percent

South Africa's unemployment rate rose to 33.7 per cent in the third quarter of 2026, with the number of unemployed people increasing to 8.6 million.The latest figures released by Statistics South ...
News24

SA economy almost 5% bigger than estimated, Stats SA finds

South Africa’s economy is 4.9% larger than previously estimated after the country’s statistics agency rebased the data series ...
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Meat Prices Emerge as Biggest Driver of South Africa’s Food Inflation, Stats SA Reports

Stats SA says meat was the biggest driver of South Africa's food inflation from mid-2025 to mid-2026, as headline inflation ...
Ecofin Agency

South Africa Revises Peak Debt-to-GDP Ratio Down to 74.6%

South Africa's GDP rebasing lowered its estimated peak public debt-to-GDP ratio to 74.6% in 2025/26, from a previous projection of 78.4%, without reducing the amount of government debt. Statistics ...
Reuters

South African statistics agency updates its inflation basket

PRETORIA, Jan 28 (Reuters) - South Africa's statistics agency has updated its consumer inflation basket for the first time since 2022, including items like rosé wine, air fryers and streaming services ...