Media Release: Community Survey 2016, Agricultural Households
MEDIA RELEASE                                                                                                                       27 January 2017 Community Survey 2016, Agricultural Households The number of South African households engaged in agricultural activities decreased between 2011 and 2016. There were 550 000 (19,1%) fewer agricultural households in 2016 (2,33 million) than in 2011 (2,88 million).This decline was mainly due to the drought experienced throughout the country read more »
Municipal spending in the third quarter
Municipalities in South Africa spent a total of R73,1 billion during the September quarter of 2016. Stats SA’s latest Quarterly Financial Statistics of Municipalities report1 provides an overview of how this money was spent. More than half of municipal expenditure during the September 2016 quarter was on two items: electricity (28,0%) and employee-related costs (27,8%). read more »
12th ASSD Presentations
SESSION 2A 1 12th ASSD ASSD Seretariat presentation 2 2016 10 31 ASSD report on CRVS SENT2 3 TUNIS PRESENTATION 4 12th ASSD 5 Agenda 2063 at the ASSD Meeting 6 12th ASSD PRESENTATION TUNISIA Shangodoyin 2016-10-31 ASSD report on CRVS SENT2 SESSION 2B 2 UNFPA Presentation on CoE and Census 3 12_eme ASSD Présentation read more »
Mbalo Brief – November 2016
Severe thunderstorms resulting in heavy rainfall and flash flooding have hit parts of Gauteng since 9 November 2016. According to South African Weather Services (SAWS), areas that were mostly affected were the City of Johannesburg and Ekurhuleni Metropolitan municipalities. The flash flooding (a sudden flood in a low-lying area commonly caused by periods of heavy read more »
UN World Data Forum
Stats SA to host the very 1st UN World Data Forum South Africa’s Statistician-General and Head of Statistics South Africa and host of the very first United Nations World Data Forum What do you expect from the first-ever United Nations World Data Forum? What outcomes would you like to see? Statistics is a conduit of read more »
Mbalo Brief – October 2016
Many thought that the year 2015 would go down in history as a year second only to 1976 in the way that students took to the streets in a stand against something they did not agree with (through the Fees Must Fall movement). However, in September 2016, a resurgence of the movement was ushered in. read more »
Statement by Chairman
Chairman’s Statement on the 12th ASSD Dr Pali J. Lehohla-: Chairman, Africa Symposia on Statistical Development (ASSD) The time has come again to gather as the African Statistical community and statistical development partners to shape the future of Africa’s development. As we continue to recount our gains so far, having addressed the 2010 Round of read more »
Invitation
Chairman’s Statement on the 12th ASSD Dr Pali J. Lehohla-: Chairman, Africa Symposia on Statistical Development (ASSD) The time has come again to gather as the African Statistical community and statistical development partners to shape the future of Africa’s development. As we continue to recount our gains so far, having addressed the 2010 Round of read more »
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 »
Resolutions: 11th ASSD Resolution
Resolutions of the 11th Africa Symposium on Statistical Development Libreville, Gabon, 23-25 November 2015 We, the representatives of National Statistical Offices (NSOs) and Civil Registration Authorities (CRAs) of African States, supported by the African Development Bank (AfDB), the African Union Commission (AUC), the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), the United Nations Population read more »