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ASSD’s journey
The ASSD Journey 1. The Round of Population and Housing Censuses Journey The inaugural objective of the Africa Symposium on Statistical Development (ASSD) was to strengthen collaboration in the mobilisation of African countries to conduct population censuses in the 2010 Round of Population and Housing Censuses (RPHCs). The first six ASSDs, focusing on the 2010 read more »
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ASSD in brief
The Africa Symposia on Statistical Development in Brief The Africa Symposium on Statistical Development is a forum created to address a concern by African statisticians in a gathering in Yaoundé, Cameroon in the year 2005. Taking place against a background of poor performance of African countries in undertaking population census previously and a report that read more »
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Statement by Chairman
Statement on the 11th Africa Symposium on Statistical Development Pali J. Lehohla: South African Statistician-General and ASSD Chairman I cannot wait to be part of, and meet with you at the next majestic gathering of the African Statistical Community and our statistical development partners; the 11th Africa Symposium on Statistical Development (ASSD) to be held read more »
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Invitation
Statement on the 11th Africa Symposium on Statistical Development Pali J. Lehohla: South African Statistician-General and ASSD Chairman I cannot wait to be part of, and meet with you at the next majestic gathering of the African Statistical Community and our statistical development partners; the 11th Africa Symposium on Statistical Development (ASSD) to be held read more »
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Turnover and capital investment in the private sector rise
Total turnover in the private sector increased by 1,6% in the quarter ended June 2015 compared with the quarter ended March 2015, according to Stats SA’s latest Quarterly financial statistics report. The electricity, mining, trade, manufacturing and transport sectors reported increases in turnover, while decreases were recorded for construction, community services (excluding government institutions) and read more »
Media Invite: Large Sample Survey Reports
14 September 2015 Stats SA releases Large Sample Survey reports The Statistician-General, Mr Pali Lehohla, will release the three following Large Sample Survey reports: 1. Electricity, Gas and Water Supply Industry (2013) – 10h00 The results presented in this publication were derived from the 2013 Electricity, gas and water supply industry large sample read more »
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A glimpse at provincial government’s bank account
How are provincial governments using your tax money? Stats SA’s latest Financial Statistics of Provincial Government report describes the spending patterns of provincial government. Where do provinces get their money from? Mostly, from our tax contributions. Financial statements from 124 provincial government departments show that provincial governments sourced R429,9 billion in revenue in 2013/14. R415,7 read more »
The number of volunteers has increased in the country since 2010
10 September 2015 Media Release In 2014, there were 2,2 million volunteers compared to 1,3 million in 2010, constituting an increase of about 898 000 volunteers. The country’s volunteer rate increased by 2,1 percentage points to 5, 8% in 2014. The number of volunteered hours increased from the 419,2 million in 2010 to 610,4 million in read more »
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Manufacturing growth: beware the base effect!
Manufacturing production increased by 5,6% year-on-year in July 2015, driven mostly by a 39,6% year-on-year production rise in the automotive industry and a 17,4% year-on-year rise in the metals and machinery industry. It would be tempting to rejoice in response to these pronounced increases, but the figures don’t tell the whole story. These increases do read more »
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11th ASSD
The 11th instalment of the ASSD will be held back to back with the African Conference on a Transformative Agenda for Official Statistics as well as Statistics Commission for Africa and Committee of Directors-General meetings as follows: Theme: “Promoting Use of Information and Communication Technology Solutions in Improving CRVS in Africa” Dates: 23-25 November 2015 read more »