Deputy Minister in the Presidency to outline Census 2022 State of readiness

For Immediate Release                                      20 January 2022

 

Deputy Minister in the Presidency to outline Census 2022 State of readiness

Deputy Minister in the Presidency, Ms Thembi Siweya, and the Statistician-General, Mr Risenga Maluleke, will on Tuesday 25 January 2022, outline Stats SA’s state of readiness to conduct the nationwide population and housing census, Census 2022 from 3 to 28 February 2022.

This is South Africa’s fourth population count post-democracy and the country’s first digital census where at least 165 000 fieldworkers will be deployed across the country to count everyone within the borders of South Africa.

Details of the events are as follows:

When: Tuesday, 25 January 2022

Time: 09H00

Venue: Stats SA Auditorium,1 Koch Street, Salvokop

NB: All COVID-19 health and safety protocols will be adhered to

RSVP: Felicia Sithole, Cell: 076 430 0693, Email: Felicias@statssa.gov.za

For media inquiries contact: Lesedi Dibakwane, Cell: 082 805 7088, Email: lesedid@statssa.gov.za