Two-thirds of South Africa’s credit-worthy consumers who took part in a Debt Rescue survey stated that they cannot repay their debt.

Can we still depend on Statistics SA's data on unemployment or should we change how we look at people who are not formally employed?

Is the Gini coefficient still a relevant measure of inequality in South Africa? This article explores its limitations and advocates for the continued use of robust statistical measures in policy-makin ...

Statistics South Africa reveals a troubling trend: illegal alcohol sales are surging, now accounting for 20% of all consumption in South Africa.

The average take-home pay slowed for the third consecutive month in May 2025, according to the latest BankservAfrica Take-home Pay Index (BTPI), which tracks approximately 3,8-million salary earners ...

Take home pay in South Africa declined for the third consecutive month, and alarm bells are ringing over a huge petrol price ...

The latest labour force survey reveals a troubling decline in South African employment, highlighting the challenges faced by ...

Seventy-four thousand jobs have been lost in the first quarter of this year compared to the final quarter of last year.

New research reveals that South Africa's youth workforce is thriving in underemployment, defying traditional economic ...

Community services and mining were also casualties in the first quarter of 2025, staving off 17,000 and 4,000 jobs, ...

Statistics South Africa revealed in its Quarterly Employment Statistics on 24 June that 94,000 people lost their jobs between ...