The latest data from Statistics South Africa indicated that South Africa's official unemployment rate has risen to 33.2% in the second quarter of 2025, up from 32.9% in the previous quarter. However, ...

South Africa’s unemployment rate fell for the first time in a year, driven by job increases in the community and social services and construction sectors, as business confidence improves and economic ...

Blog posts represent the views of CFR fellows and staff and not those of CFR, which takes no institutional positions. Statistics South Africa reports that the country’s unemployment rate rose to 25.2 ...

Dublin, Aug. 22, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The "South Africa Healthcare Statistics Databook Q2 2025: 300+ KPIs Covering Detailed Statistics on Patients, Healthcare Facilities, Public and Private ...

Daniel Mügge receives funding from the Nederlandse Organisatie voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek (Vidi grant 016.145.395) and from the H2020 programme of the European Research Council (Grant Number ...

Discover how South Africa's borders buzzed with a 24.4% rise in international travel in November 2025, signalling a pivotal ...

PRETORIA, Nov 11 (Reuters) - Unemployment rose above 30% five years ago during the COVID-19 pandemic and has been stuck there since, despite repeated government initiatives to try to boost job ...

In South Africa, diabetes is no longer a looming threat -- it is already here, claiming lives every day. According to Statistics South Africa, diabetes is now one of the leading causes of death based ...

University of Cape Town provides funding as a partner of The Conversation AFRICA. The double-digit increases in South Africa’s recently released quarterly crime statistics are eye-watering, but they ...

New figures from Statistics South Africa have revealed a deeply troubling trend: between January 2024 and February 2025, more than 123,000 births were registered to mothers aged 19 and below, ...