Annual Financial Statistics (AFS) 2013
PRESS STATEMENT 19 November 2014 Annual Financial Statistics (AFS) 2013 The Annual Financial Statistics (AFS) released by Statistics South Africa (Stats SA) estimates the total turnover of all industries at R6 969 677 million (R7,0 trillion) for 2013, an increase of 8,9% compared with the revised estimate of R6 399 775 million (R6,4 trillion) for 2012. According read more »
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Africa celebrates statistics
Every year, on 18 November, African countries celebrate African Statistics Day (ASD) with the objective of raising public awareness about the importance of statistics in economic and social development. The theme selected for the 2014 edition of the ASD is “Open data for accountability and inclusiveness”. Open data is defined as data that can be read more »
Mbalo Brief – November 2014
As the year draws to a close, South Africans young and old are preparing themselves for the festivities that come with the end of the year. While some are preparing to spend the holidays away from their homes, others are planning on spending the festive season with their loved ones at home. The festive season is also known to read more »
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South Africa a pioneer in environmental statistical measurement
South Africa is one of seven pilot countries selected by the United Nations (UN) to test a framework that will measure the state and condition of the country’s ecosystems. Statistics South Africa (Stats SA) and the South African National Biodiversity Institute (SANBI) are partnering on this project. A three-day training session is currently being hosted read more »
Conferences
ASSOCIATION FOR MATHEMATICS EDUCATION OF SOUTH AFRICA (AMESA) The aim of AMESA is to promote mathematics education by enhancing the quality of teaching and learning of mathematics in South Africa. The strategies adopted to achieve this aim include, among others, the provision of forums for all concerned with the teaching of mathematics at all levels read more »
KwaZulu-Natal
KwaZulu-Natal Province: Maths4stats Lecture Series A Call for teachers in Grades 7-9 and Grades 10-12 to register for: Free Maths4stats KZN Lecture Series: (i.e. Data handling and probability workshops) scheduled for January – March 2015 in Pietermaritzburg. (The program returns to Durban in 2016) Brought to you by: Provincial Stats SA (Maths4stats Project) in collaboration with KZN Department of read more »
Background
In 2008 Statistics South Africa (Stats SA) established cooperation with the national and provincial Departments of Education through the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding. The focus of the cooperation is based on conducting training on data handling and probability for mathematics teachers. The facilitators of the maths4stats programme, interact with provincial mathematics subject specialists read more »
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Training Workshop
Mathematics Subject Advisors’ Training Statistics South Africa, in collaboration with the National Department of Education, hosted a Mathematics and Mathematical Literacy Subject Advisors’ Content Workshop. It was a week-long workshop held at Diep in die Berg Conference Centre from 21 to 25 April 2008. The main purpose of the workshop was to equip the subject read more »
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Maths4stats: Towards a nation that counts
Message from the Statistician-General It gives me great pleasure to present to you a campaign that in so many ways for us represents the small but significant role we too can play in the democracy of South Africa, given the lessons of transition in South Africa and its system of official statistics. The maths4stats campaign read more »
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maths4stats
What is the maths4stats project? The maths4stats project is one of Statistics South Africa’s series of activities initiated to encourage the development of mathematics education, which is an important bedrock for statistics. It represents an effort to restore numeracy and statistical literacy in South African schools. What went wrong? For South Africa, the urgency to read more »