Media advisory (VENUE CHANGE)                                                                                                                                                                                     24 October 2016

Statistician-General to release report on the Financial statistics of higher education institutions, 2015

The Statistician-General of South Africa, Dr Pali Lehohla, will release the Financial statistics of higher education institutions, 2015 report at a media briefing to be held on Tuesday, 25 October 2016 in Cape Town. This statistical release will provide financial statistics of South Africa’s public higher education institutions for the 2015 financial year.

The Financial statistics of higher education institutions, 2015 report will include data on the income received by higher education institutions in 2015 from various sources, such as tuition fees from students, government grants, and other operating activities. It will also provide a detailed breakdown on cash payments items such as compensation of employees and purchases of goods and services, amongst others. Against the backdrop of the #FeesMustFall campaign, the report will briefly highlight the sources and uses of cash of public higher education institutions (which includes 20 universities and 6 universities of technology) for the 2015 financial year.

The media briefing will be held as follows:

Date: Tuesday, 25 October 2016

Time: 13:00

Venue: Imbizo Media Centre, 120 Plein Street, Parliament, Cape Town

(NB! There will be a video link to Tshedimosetso House, Cnr Francis Baard & Festival streets, Hatfield, Pretoria.)

RSVP:

Felicia Sithole

Tel: 012 339 2401

Cell: 076 430 0693

Email: FeliciaS@statssa.gov.za

Oteng Makgotlwe

Tel: 012 406 3407

Cell: 076 473 8336

Email: OtengMa@statssa.gov.za

For media enquires

Lesedi Dibakwane

Director: Media Relations

Tel: 012 310 8578

Cell: 082 805 7088

Email: lesedid@statssa.gov.za