![The Statistician-General in the twenty first century Paper](https://www.statssa.gov.za/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/Pali+Lehohla+XXX+high+res-64x64.jpg)
The Statistician-General in the twenty first century Paper
The Statistician-General in the twenty first century paper presented in Ramallah, Palestine to commemorate the 20th Anniversary of Palestine Central Bureau of Statistics 23-September-2013 I have been invited to discuss the topic on the role of, depending on the nomenclature in countries, the statistician-general, or the chief statistician or the president or the chairperson of read more »
Mbalo Brief – October 2013
“While many people look forward to a fulfilling old age, more than one in five adults aged 60 and over experience mental or neurological disorders, such as dementia and depression.” These were the words of United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on the occasion of the World Mental Health Day, 10 October 2013. Mental health conditions read more »
![Quarterly Financial Statistics: Ratio Analysis](https://www.statssa.gov.za/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/qfsp_fig3-64x64.png)
Quarterly Financial Statistics: Ratio Analysis
Given the vast amount of information appearing in detailed financial statements of companies, it may be difficult to discern significant relationships and trends in the data. One way to address this challenge is to use accounting ratios, which provides substantial insights into the relationships between variables and can indicate certain trends. Accounting ratios are calculated read more »
Financial statistics of provincial government
The Financial statistics of provincial government release reports that compensation of employees increased by R23 798 million from R193 669 million in 2010/2011 to R217 467 million in 2011/2012. This increase was mainly due to increased compensation payments by the KwaZulu-Natal, Gauteng and Eastern Cape provincial governments. Figure 1: Compensation of employees by province: 2011-2012 (Rm, at current prices) read more »
![Say hallo, sawubona, dumela, Aa and avuxeni to the Multilingual Statistical Terminology Publication!](https://www.statssa.gov.za/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/Terminology-64x64.jpg)
Say hallo, sawubona, dumela, Aa and avuxeni to the Multilingual Statistical Terminology Publication!
“The information gap between the elite and illiterate must be closed”. This statement by Statistician-General, Mr Pali Lehohla beautifully sums up the reason for the launch of this multilingual terminology publication. The launch event took place on 20 September 2013 at the Protea Manor Hotel in Pretoria. Statistics South Africa (Stats SA) worked in collaboration read more »
Mbalo Brief – September 2013
South Africa has recently been plagued by a series of strikes. As collective wage negotiations got underway, employers and employees came to a deadlock. Mining, car manufacturing and City Power workers were among some of the workers who downed their tools during this time. Although many would agree that this year’s ‘strike season’, as some call it, was not read more »
![Provision of basic services at local government level increases](https://www.statssa.gov.za/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/NFCM-64x64.jpg)
Provision of basic services at local government level increases
The provision of basic services such as water went up by 6,4% between 2011 and 2012 nationally. The highest provincial increases were recorded in Western Cape (19,6%) and Gauteng (7,2%). The extent of service delivery at local government level is normally obtained from households through population censuses and general household surveys. However, the suppliers (the read more »
![Real gross domestic product (GDP) at market prices increased by 3,0 per cent during the second quarter of 2013.](https://www.statssa.gov.za/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/GDP_27Aug13-64x64.jpg)
Real gross domestic product (GDP) at market prices increased by 3,0 per cent during the second quarter of 2013.
27 August 2013: 11:30 a.m. The seasonally adjusted real GDP at market prices for the second quarter of 2013 increased by an annualised rate of 3,0 per cent compared with an increase of 0,9 per cent during the first quarter of 2013. GDP is one of the Economic Indicators which measures the rate of economic read more »
Stats SA survey shows improved access to services but decline in perceived quality
22 August 2013 Stats SA’s General Household Survey (GHS) released today shows improvements in key service delivery sectors, as well as a decline in the perceived quality of these services. The GHS 2012 report, conducted between July and September 2012, shows an increase in the number of households who had access to piped water, sanitation read more »
![Interactive data](https://www.statssa.gov.za/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/CMDR-64x64.jpg)
Interactive data
Nesstar This data repository allows users to browse, analyse, tabulate and download datasets from a wide variety of census and household survey data and metadata in various formats. Users trying to access Nesstar from a corporate network should kindly ensure with your network administrator that port 8282 is enabled. Who should use this? Researchers and read more »