The compilation of statistics pertaining to South Africa’s rand-denominated debt issued in the domestic financial markets was extended to close data gaps identified by the Group of Twenty (G20) Data Gaps Initiatives (DGI-1 and DGI-2) following the 2008 global financial crisis, as reflected in Recommendation 7. This note presents rand-denominated debt securities issuance statistics at both nominal and market value, delineated by resident and non-resident issuers, with further breakdowns into, among other things, original maturity, type of interest rate as well as resident issuers by institutional sector. The compilation is based on the methodology as set out in the Handbook on Securities Statistics (HSS).3 These statistics, with a selection published on pages E–13 and E–14 in the experimental tables section as from this edition of the Quarterly Bulletin, are based on a comprehensive monthly dataset that captures borrowing in the domestic financial markets. This note introduces the extension of rand-denominated debt securities issuance statistics in South Africa by reflecting on the underlying methodology of compilation and data sources, discussing the different data dimensions and making some general observations.