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Wherever you go, you transform the landscape. Imagine living the entirety of your life in the map below. Your daily routine might resemble a zig-zagging pattern as you move across the square cells of the grid. Where you choose to live, work, commute, shop, socialise and play – you influence the economic, social and environmental read more »
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Statistics South Africa (Stats SA) provides scientific knowledge that enables society to understand complex socio-economic phenomena. It draws its mandate from the Statistics Act, 1999 (Act No 6 of 1999) and POPI Act 2013 (Act 4 of 2013). Stats SA strives to excel in the following five competencies: Intellectual capability to lead the scientific work read more »
Stats SA implements new logo
Statistics South Africa (Stats SA) has changed from using the drum logo (figure 1) to using the Coat of Arms as its logo (figure 2). This was precipitated by a legal opinion from Stats SA’s Legal Services division that, by using a logo that did not include the Coat of Arms, the department was in read more »
Debt owed to municipalities reaches R72,4 billion
We often hear of how much municipalities are in debt. But there is another side of the coin. Municipalities themselves are owed money, often by consumers and institutions. Debt owed to South Africa’s 257 municipalities (referred to as net current debtors1) totalled R72,4 billion in the 2018 financial year, according to the latest Financial census of read more »
Stats SA donates to previously disadvantaged schools in Eastern Cape
Media advisory                                                                                                  23 January 2019  Stats SA donates to previously disadvantaged schools in Eastern Cape Statistics South Africa (Stats read more »
Stats SA paid for services rendered contrary to Mr Mzwanele Manyi’s claim
MEDIA STATEMENT                                                                                         16 November 2018                                                                                                Stats SA paid for services rendered contrary to Mr Mzwanele Manyi’s claim Statistics South Africa (Stats SA) takes note of the allegations made by Mr Mzwanele Manyi at the Zondo Judicial Commission of Inquiry into Allegations of State Capture, Corruption and Fraud in the Public Sector, wherein he read more »
Mbalo Brief – November 2018
South Africa commemorates National Disability Rights Awareness Month from 3 November to 3 December annually, with National Disability Rights Awareness Day celebrated on 3 December. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), disability refers to impairments, activity limitations, and participation restrictions. An impairment may be physical, cognitive, mental, sensory, emotional or developmental and may be read more »
Four facts about indigent households
If South Africa were a suburb of 100 households, 22 would be beneficiaries of government’s indigent programme. Stats SA’s recent Non-financial census of municipalities provides insight into those households that struggle to afford access to basic services. Fact 1: 22% of households are classified as indigent In 2001 South Africa adopted a policy intended read more »
Statistician – General leads fieldworkers to collect data on commercial farming in Bapsfontein, East Rand
Media Invite                                                                                                                     12 October 2018  Statistician- General leads fieldworkers to collect data on commercial farming in Bapsfontein, East Rand Statistician-General Mr Risenga Maluleke will on Monday 15th October lead fieldworkers read more »
#WomensMonth: Exploring the mayoral glass ceiling
Three of South Africa’s eight metropolitan municipalities were headed by female mayors in 2017. Executive Mayors Zandile Gumede (eThekwini), Olly Mlamleli (Mangaung) and Patricia de Lille (Cape Town) collectively presided over a population of 8,7 million people, comprising 15% of South Africa’s total population.1 It’s not only these high-profile cities that have a woman in read more »