One rule: nothing without a source
If a number cannot be traced to a public document published by an official authority, it is not on this site. Every figure displayed links directly to its source PDF.
What 'verified' means here
The source must be published by Stats SA, DHET, National Treasury or SARB and accessible at a stable public URL.
The figure shown must appear in the named release for the named period — not be derived, modelled, or inferred by us.
Every figure carries a context line and a live AI explainer that contextualises it without inventing additional numbers.
Numbers that did not survive verification
Earlier versions of this platform contained modelled implied-jobs estimates, synthetic skills-gap projections, illustrative funding flows and provider landscape rows whose underlying values could not be tied to a single public source. Those have been removed. They will return only when a verifiable publication can be cited.
Every source on the platform
- Open ↗Quarterly Labour Force Survey, Q3 2025 (P0211)Stats SA · accessed 2026-05-07
- Open ↗Gross Domestic Product, Q2 2025 (P0441)Stats SA · accessed 2026-05-07
- Open ↗Infographics for Statistics on Post-School Education and Training, 2022Department of Higher Education & Training · accessed 2026-05-07
- Open ↗Official register of Sector Education and Training Authorities (SETAs)Department of Higher Education & Training · accessed 2026-05-07
- Open ↗Statistics on Post-School Education and Training in South Africa, 2023 (released June 2025)Department of Higher Education & Training · accessed 2026-05-07
- Open ↗2025 Budget Review (tabled 21 May 2025)National Treasury · accessed 2026-05-07