2010 RPHCs Report in Africa as at Nov 2013
2010 Round of Population and Housing Censuses in Africa: Status Report as at November 2013 NO COUNTRY YEAR 1. CAMEROUN 2005 NO COUNTRY YEAR 2. BURKINA FASO 2006 3. EGYPT 2006 4. LESOTHO 2006 5. LIBYA 2006 6. NIGERIA 2006 NO COUNTRY YEAR 7. CONGO BRAZZAVILLE 2007 8. ETHIOPIA 2007 9. MOZAMBIQUE 2007 read more »
ASSD Journey
1. Round of Population and Housing Censuses Journey The inaugural objective of the 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 focused on the 2010 RPHCs in the period 2006–2010, and took place as follows: 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 Yaounde, 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 painted read more »
Africa Symposia on Statistical Development
The Africa Symposium on Statistical Development is a forum created to address a concern by African statisticians in a gathering in Yaounde, 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 painted an unimpressive picture of the continent’s state of read more »
Statement by Chairman
Statement on the 9th Africa Symposium on Statistical Development Pali J. Lehohla: South African Statistician-General and ASSD Chairman Colleagues, The drum is beating again and louder, this time beckoning the African statistical community to the 9th Africa Symposium on Statistical Development to be held at the majestic Gaborone International Convention Centre in Gaborone, Botswana from read more »
Late registration of births decreases
In 1998, 78% of birth registrations were late (births not registered in the same year, e.g. a child born in 2010 is only registered in 2012). By 2012, late birth registrations had decreased to 21%. The Department of Home Affairs has made concerted efforts to ensure that registration of births is made as easy as read more »
Celebrating 20 years of Freedom and Democracy
On 27 April 1994 South Africa cast aside centuries of discrimination and oppression to form a new society built on the foundation of freedom and democracy. This marked the end of apartheid rule and an introduction of a new Constitutional order, wherein all South Africans work towards a united, non-racial, non-sexist, democratic and prosperous society. 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 »
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
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 »