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 »
ASSD Concept key note
Concept Note (Draft) 12TH AFRICA SYMPOSIUM ON STATISTICAL DEVELOPMENT “ “Strengthening basic economic statistics for the compilation of national accounts in Africa” 1. Background and justification The first six Africa Symposia on Statistical Development (ASSDs) were launched in January 2006, and they focused on the 2010 Round of Population and Housing Censuses. Since read more »
Media Statement: Statistics South Africa to make changes to CPI basket and weights
Media Statement 21 September 2016 Statistics South Africa to make changes to CPI basket and weights Statistics South Africa today announced that it would make changes to the Consumer Price Index (CPI) basket of goods and services, and the weights attached to these, with effect from the January 2017 release of the CPI. read more »
You can’t teach a hungry child: school nutrition in focus
School feeding programmes contribute to the well-being and education of children, according to the United Nations World Food Programme1. Stats SA takes a look at data on hunger in South Africa and explores the reach and cost of South Africa’s National School Nutrition Programme (NSNP). South Africans are less hungry than they were 13 years read more »
Media Release: Farming communities are unreceptive towards health survey
Media release 12 September 2016 Farming communities are unreceptive towards health survey fieldworkers South African Demographic and Heath Survey (SADHS) fieldworkers are experiencing challenges in some areas of the country, which is delaying the completion of data collection for the survey. Most of the areas in which fieldworkers find themselves not welcome are read more »
Invitation: Stats Council and Stats SA to host breakfast session on institution building in statistical systems
Stats Council and Stats SA host a breakfast session on institution-building in statistical systems The Statistician-General of South Africa, Dr Pali Lehohla, on behalf of the Statistics Council of South Africa and Statistics South Africa, invites you to a breakfast session on institution building in statistical systems. In addition to discussions to be held at read more »
Mid-Year Estimates 2016
55,9 million people in South Africa: Planning for a better tomorrow The population of South Africa is estimated to be 55, 9 million by end June 2016. Between 2002 and 2016 South Africa experienced a positive population growth year on year. Between 2002 and 2016, there was an overall increase in Life expectancy (55,2 to read more »
Mbalo Brief – August 2016
The right to vote is one of the most basic and fundamental rights in a democracy. It is also a basic privilege in which citizens exercise their right to choose those who must govern and represent them. On the 3rd of August 2016, the country participated in the 2nd local government elections, whereby South Africans read more »
Media Release: Mpumalanga Community Survey 2016 results
Mpumalanga Community Survey 2016 results The total population recorded for Mpumalanga in 2016 was 4,4 million, an increase from the population of 4,1 million in 2011, making it the fourth smallest province in the country in terms of population size, after the North West. 49,3% of the population in the province are male read more »