Topics

One page per subject: the latest figures and the long-run charts, every story on the topic, its tools, and the data to download.

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  Economy

  Jobs and prices: Stats SA's unemployment rate each quarter and the inflation rate each month, with the long-run charts and the next release dates.

• 1 story

  Crime

  Murders and other crimes recorded by SAPS each quarter, the murder rate since 1994/95, and what the victims survey says the police figures miss.

• 1 story

  AI

  How South Africans use AI tools, from the Anthropic Economic Index: usage against other African countries, the provinces and what people use it for.

• 1 story · 1 tool

  Municipalities

  South Africa's 257 municipalities: population and services from Census 2022, money and audit outcomes from Treasury and the Auditor-General, and council seats and turnout from the IEC, with a page for each municipality.

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  Election 2026

  The 2026 local government elections: the IEC's final results nationally, by province and for the eight metros, and turnout against 2021.