Stats SA Responds: How the informal sector is defined and captured in national labour surveys.

Statistician-General Risenga Maluleke sets the record straight following claims by Capitec CEO Gerrie Fourie that South Africa’s real unemployment rate may be closer to 10% if the informal sector were fully counted. Maluleke outlines why Stats SA stands by its 32.9% figure  and explains the rigorous, internationally benchmarked methods behind it.