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University of Ghana honours the SG
Statistician-General for South Africa, Mr Pali Lehohla, was pleasantly surprised when Professor Samuel Codjoe handed him an award from the Regional Institute for Population Studies, University of Ghana. The citation read as follows: Pali Jobo Lehohla: From you humble beginnings at Hermon Mission of the District of Mafeteng in Lesotho, you studied for a Bachelor’s read more »
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Navigating the water crisis: where do we need the skills?
With South Africa in the grip of drought, the role of local municipalities to provide clean water, maintain infrastructure, and reduce wastage has become more important than ever. Recent data on staff vacancies show which municipalities are struggling to fill funded posts in their water management departments. Municipalities in Free State seem to be struggling read more »
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ASSD Concept key note
Draft CONCEPT NOTE 11TH AFRICA SYMPOSIUM ON STATISTICAL DEVELOPMENT “Promoting Use of Information and Communication Technology Solutions in Improving Civil Registration and Vital Statistics in Africa” 1. Introduction The year 2015 has unleashed a number of activities aimed at making Africa Agenda 2063 more practical. Among these are the adoption of its first read more »
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Assd Civil Registration and Vital Statistics – English
Photo: Ministers call to action, Durban, South Africa, 2012 The CRVS agenda started in September 2012 when African Ministers responsible for civil registration gathered for their second conference held in South Africa and called upon all African countries to undertake in-depth assessments of their CRVS systems. The conference further called on the regional CRVS Secretariat, read more »
Unemployment increases in the third quarter of 2015
27 October 2015 Media Release The results for the third quarter Quarterly labour force survey (QLFS) shows that the working-age population was 36,1 million – 15,8 million employed, 5,4 million unemployed and 14,9 million not economically active. The not economically active population decreased by 200 000 and the economically active population increased 359 000 quarter-to-quarter. read more »
Mbalo Brief – October 2015
The October month has been marked as the Transport Month. This period is used to focus on transport related matters such as road carnages and progress achieved in various transport programmes and projects among others. One of the campaigns to create awareness and reduce road carnage has been the placing of 47 coffins on the read more »
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Statement by Chairman – French
Déclaration sur le 11ème Symposium pour le Développement de la Statistique Pali J. Lehohla: Directeur général de Statistics South Africa et Président du SDSA Je ne peux pas attendre pour faire partie et vous rencontrer lors la prochaine rencontre majestueuse de la Communauté Africaine de la Statistique et de nos partenaires de développement en read more »
ASSD’s journey – French
Parcours du Symposium SDSA 1. Le Parcours du cycle des recensements de la population et de l’habitation Le premier objectif du Symposium Africain pour le Développement Statistique (SDSA) était de renforcer la collaboration dans le cadre de la mobilisation des pays africains en matière des recensements démographiques dans le cycle des Recensements de la read more »
ASSD in brief – French
Le Symposium Africain pour le Développement de la Statistique en Bref Le Symposium Africain pour le Développement de la Statistique est un forum qui a été créé par les statisticiens africains lors d’une réunion tenue à Yaoundé au Cameroun au cours de l’année 2005 qui en vue répondre à une préoccupation. Il a lieu dans read more »
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ASSD Civil Registration and Vital Statistics – French
Enregistrement et Statistiques des faits d’Etat civil (CRVS) en Afrique – Le parcours en bref Photo: Appel à l’action des Ministres, Durban, Afrique du Sud 2012 Le programme CRVS a commencé en Septembre 2012 lorsque les ministres africains chargés de l’état civil se sont réunis pour leur deuxième conférence tenue en Afrique du Sud et read more »