To provide for a Statistician-General as head of Statistics South Africa, who is responsible for the collection, production and dissemination of official and other statistics, including the conducting of a census of the population, and for co-ordination among producers of statistics; to establish a Statistics Council and provide for its functions; to repeal certain legislation;   read more »

13. (1) The Council must advise the Minister, the Statistician-General or an organ of state which produces statistics with regard to— (a) matters referred to the Council by the Minister, the Statistician-General or that organ of state; (b) any matter regarding the collection, processing, analysis, documentation, storage and dissemination of statistics, including the taking of   read more »

7. (1) The Statistician-General— (a) administers this Act; (b) is the accounting officer for Statistics South Africa; (c) after receiving advice from the Council, makes recommendations to the Minister on the policies and priorities of Statistics South Africa; (d) directs Statistics South Africa in accordance with the duties and powers imposed or conferred on him   read more »

1. In this Act, unless the context indicates otherwise— (i) ‘‘business’’ means any individual, juristic person or partnership carrying on a commercial activity; (iv) (ii) ‘‘Cabinet’’ means the Cabinet in the national sphere of government, referred to in section 91 of the Constitution; (viii) (iii) ‘‘Constitution’’ means the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa,   read more »

South Africa just recently hosted the 2013 Tourism Indaba in Durban from 11 to 14 May 2013. The main focus of the Indaba was to pursue the growth of South Africa’s tourism industry and to strengthen existing partnerships while establishing new ones. South Africa stands out as a tourist destination mostly because of its friendly,   read more »

South Africans are faced with a double-edged problem: high number of deaths due to communicable diseases and rising deaths due to non-communicable diseases. The 2010 annual statistical release on Mortality and Causes of Death published by Statistics South Africa on 11 April 2013 presents key findings on the number of deaths that occurred in South   read more »

With the conclusion of the 5th summit of the BRICS countries at the International Convention Centre (ICC) in Durban, it is starting to sink in among many South Africans that their country is a member state of this emerging economic group. BRICS is an economic grouping of five emerging markets comprising of Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa.   read more »

It’s hard to believe that 2012 is behind us, the Libyan civil war has ended, and South Africa has managed to host the African Cup of Nations (AFCON) at such short notice. As we convey our complements of the new season with the first issue of Mbalo Brief in 2013, we would like to also remind you   read more »