From the archives: Finding light outside of the Eskom tunnel
StatsSA plans to start reporting on how much electricity is generated outside of Eskom in light of better than expected GDP data in Q3.
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Finding light outside of the Eskom tunnel
StatsSA plans to start compiling and reporting data on how much electricity is generated outside of what Eskom can produce in light of better than expected GDP data in Q3.
🔒 Alec Hogg: SA’s unemployment lie
Media commentators – and as a result those who consume their ideas – were sent into a renewed funk this week by another rise in SA’s official unemployment data.
South Africa’s economy at its worst in a century
South Africa’s economy contracted the most it has in the last century, in 2020 as Covid-19 lockdown gripped the nation and throttled growth.
Flash Briefing: SA unemployment at record high – but govt adds jobs; Uber drivers demand holiday pay; Sibanye
South Africa’s unemployment rate climbed to a record in the fourth quarter as the economy was ravaged by Covid-19 lockdown restrictions, according to StatsSA.
SA GDP starts to recover from Covid-19
SA’s Q3 Gross Domestic Product numbers look impressive at first glance but the economy is still much worse off than it was last year
Internet data in a global minute
If you’re looking to invest in fourth industrial stocks, this image is a good place to start. It depicts what happens in an internet minute.
Rebasing GDP data unlikely to change SA economic outlook
Statistics SA will overhaul economic output data and revise the weights of the various sectors that are used to calculate gross domestic product.
September core inflation rate declines to lowest since 2011
Core inflation rate fell to the lowest in almost eight years in September, leading to a decline in the annual headline reading, which could raise pressure on the central bank to cut its benchmark rate.
Manufacturing production declined for third straight month
Manufacturing production declined 1.8% from a year earlier, compared with a revised 0.7% drop in July, Pretoria-based Statistics South Africa said Thursday in a report on its website.