Consumer inflation has leapt to 4% in April from 3.1% in March. This is according to the latest figures that Statistics South Africa (Stats SA) released on Wednesday. Stats SA said this is the highest ...

A lack of funding is holding back StatsSA from providing richer datasets. (Graphic: Nicola Mawson | Freepik) A bigger budget and larger team would enable Statistics South Africa (Stats SA) to ...

Minister in the Presidency Khumbudzo Ntshavheni tabled Statistics South Africa’s 2026-27 budget, revealing measurable progress in reducing poverty and inequality, though the country remains far from ...

Stats SA survey shows rising access to housing, electricity, water, sanitation and digital connectivity across South Africa.

Stats SA's Quarterly Labour Force Survey data has revealed a sharp rise in youth unemployment in the first quarter of 2026.

South Africa’s statistics agency, Stats SA, has fallen victim to a data breach affecting one of its departments, the agency confirmed. It is believed that the cyberattack was perpetrated by a ...

About 23-million South Africans, or 37.9% of the population, are living below the lower-bound poverty line, according to the latest poverty trends released by Stats SA on Tuesday. The official ...

Statistics South Africa’s latest Poverty Trends report covering the period from 2006 to 2023 reveals the scale of social devastation in South Africa, underscoring the failure of a capitalist system ...

Deputy minister in the presidency Nonceba Mhlauli has sounded the alarm over the chronic underfunding and vacancies plaguing Stats SA, warning that the institution’s ability to uphold democracy and ...

Statistics South Africa (Stats SA) said that parents had to dig a little deeper into their pockets in January to cover the higher cost of school uniforms amid an increase in prices. The Pretoria-based ...

Statistics South Africa (Stats SA) has confirmed a cybersecurity breach that affected one of its Human Resources databases.

A bigger budget and larger team would enable Statistics South Africa (Stats SA) to introduce technology that would improve the accuracy and frequency of inflation data, as well as do more surveys. The ...