Category Archives: Press Statements

Online questionnaire completion for Census 2022 closing on 25 February 2022

Media Alert                                                                          22 February 2022 Online questionnaire completion for Census 2022 closing on 25 February 2022 Statistics South Africa (Stats SA) announced that households who registered to complete the census questionnaire online have until Friday 25th February 2022 to do so. Registration for remote data collection closed on 21 February 2021. While more than 400 000   read more »


Statistician-General to release the ‘Education Series Volume VIII: COVID-19 and barriers to participation in education in South Africa, 2020

MEDIA ADVISORY                                                     21 February 2022   Statistician-General to release the ‘Education Series Volume VIII: COVID-19 and barriers to participation in education in South Africa, 2020   The Statistician-General, of South Africa, Mr Risenga Maluleke, will release the results of the ‘Education Series Volume VIII COVID-19 and barriers to participation in education in South Africa, 2020   read more »


Delay in the release of QLFS Quarter 4 2021 results

MEDIA NOTICE                                                                   19 February 2022 Delay in the release of QLFS Quarter 4 2021 results The release of the results of the Quarterly Labour Force Survey (QLFS) for the 4th quarter of 2021, scheduled for 22 February 2022, has been postponed due to quality checks that need to be conducted before the results can be   read more »


Stats SA reopens registration for online and telephonic enumeration

MEDIA STATEMENT                                                         11 FEBRUARY 2022 Stats SA reopens registration for online and telephonic enumeration Stats SA today reopened online Census registration and has extended the period during which the web questionnaire can be completed. Household registrations increased significantly in the days preceding the original close of registration which coincided with the first week of   read more »


CAR HIRE REQUIRED FOR CENSUS 2022 PROJECT

REQUEST FOR QUOTATION CAR HIRE REQUIRED FOR CENSUS 2022 PROJECT Statistics South Africa (Stats SA) will be conducting the population Census between February and July 2022. Approximately five hundred (500) vehicles will be required at this stage for the project. We are therefore requesting all suppliers who have the fleet of cars and are interested   read more »


Stats SA enumerates Deputy President David Mabuza Wednesday

MEDIA STATEMENT                                                         9 FEBRUARY 2022 Stats SA enumerates Deputy President David Mabuza Wednesday Deputy President David Mubuza was enumerated today as part of the Census 2022 for population and housing count. Head of Stats SA, Statistician-General Risenga Maluleke introduced enumerators in Census 2022 gear to the Deputy President at Rondebosch in Cape Town on   read more »


CAR HIRE REQUIRED FOR CENSUS 2022 PROJECT

REQUEST FOR QUOTATION CAR HIRE REQUIRED FOR CENSUS 2022 PROJECT Statistics South Africa (Stats SA) will be conducting the population Census between February and July 2022. Approximately five hundred (500) vehicles will be required at this stage for the project. We are therefore requesting all suppliers who have the fleet of cars and are interested   read more »


Census 2022 fieldworkers to count former President Jacob Zuma’s household in Nkandla

MEDIA ADVISORY                                                                                                05 February 2022 Census 2022 fieldworkers to count former President Jacob Zuma’s household in Nkandla Statistics South Africa (Stats SA) will on Monday 7 February visit the former president of South Africa, Mr Jacob Zuma to enumerate his   read more »


South Africa’s nationwide digital population counts kicks off on Census Night

Media Release                                                                            02 February 2022 South Africa’s nationwide digital population counts kicks off on Census Night The country’s digital population count kicks off this Census Night of 2 February 2022, as Statistics South Africa (Stats SA) counts the homeless, transients, special dwelling institutions (SDIs), hotels and populations in communal living structures in the country.   read more »


MINISTER AND DEPUTY MINISTER IN THE PRESIDENCY TO JOIN STATS SA IN COUNTING THE TRANSIENT, THE HOMELESS POPULATION AND NEWBORNS ON CENSUS NIGHT

MEDIA ADVISORY TUESDAY 02 FEBRUARY 2022 MINISTER AND DEPUTY MINISTER IN THE PRESIDENCY TO JOIN STATS SA IN COUNTING THE TRANSIENT, THE HOMELESS POPULATION AND NEWBORNS ON CENSUS NIGHT Minister in the Presidency, Mondli Gungubele, will join the Statistics South Africa (Stats SA) team in Cape Town on Census Night to enumerate the transient population   read more »