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CENSUS

Census 2022: Use security common sense

Having started on February 3 and continuing until March, Census 2022 fieldworkers will be descending on suburbs to collect population and housing data. This is South Africa’s fourth population count post-democracy and the country’s first…

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SA’s GDP in the second quarter of 2020 fell by 51%.Image: andreypopov / 123RF
LOCKDOWN RESTRICTIONS

Lockdown economy: Business activity plummets with only agriculture coping

“The punch in the gut was severe,” Stats SA said on Tuesday when it released the Covid-19 “pandemic quarter” GDP data. SA’s economy suffered a significant contraction during April, May and June, when the country operated under stringent…

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RACE

Race‚ gender and age: what the early Covid-19 stats in SA show

Data released by the National Institute of Communicable Diseases (NICD) has provided more insight into the race‚ gender‚ sex and underlying health issues of those infected by the coronavirus in SA. The statistics are based on 4‚718…

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