Media advisory                                                                                        16 August 2017

Statistician-General to release the ‘Poverty Trends in South Africa’ report

The Statistician-General of South Africa, Dr Pali Lehohla, will release the Poverty Trends in South Africa: An examination of absolute poverty between 2006 and 2015 report at a media briefing to be held in Pretoria on Tuesday, 22 August 2017 at 10:00 (with a live video link to Imbizo Media Centre in Parliament).  The report will provide statistics on the current levels of poverty in the country, and how these have changed over time (2006-2015).

The Poverty Trends in South Africa report will also provide new Gini coefficient measures and detail the number of persons living under the various rebased poverty lines (i.e. upper-bound poverty line, food poverty line, lower-bound food poverty line). Poverty estimates are essential for monitoring and tracking progress towards achieving the poverty targets outlined in the National Development Plan (NDP) and Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

The event will be held as follows:

 Date: Tuesday, 22 August 2017

Time:  10H00

Venue: Tshedimosetso House, Cnr Francis Baard & Festival streets, Hatfield, Pretoria

(NB! There will be a video link to Imbizo Media Centre, 120 Plein Street, Parliament, Cape Town.)

RSVP:

Madimetja Mashishi, Tel: 012 337 6456, Cell: 073 821 5994, Email: MadimetjaMa@statssa.gov.za

For media enquiries contact:

Lesedi Dibakwane

Director: Media and Public Relations

Tel: 012 310 8578

Cell: 082 805 7088

Email: LesediD@statssa.gov.za