Mr. Oliver
Continue reading Mr Oliver Chinganya Director: Africa Statistics Centre UN Economic Commission for Africa The ISIbalo Capacity Building Programme is very timely, particularly the efforts to rekindle the African Young Statisticians in line with the work Africa must achieve towards Agenda 2063. In particular, the upcoming 5th ISIbalo African Young Statisticians Conference in Pretoria in read more »
Dr. Miranda
Continue reading Dr. Miranda Mafafo Statistics South Africa When we started the ISIbalo Capacity Building Programme in 2008, our focus on building the capacity and future statistical leadership of Africa was deliberate and unapologetic. It remains so even this year as we launch the ISIbalo website. The work of African statisticians and related professionals has read more »
Prof. Ben
Continue reading Professor Ben Kiryegera African Statistics Elder and Author of “The Emerging Data Revolution in Africa: Strengthening the Statistics, Policy and Decision-Making Chain” As the global community puts into place mechanisms, institutional arrangements and reforms to scale up for the challenges of the Sustainable Development Goals and an accompanying data revolution, evidence from the read more »
Mbalo Brief – May 2016
Protests and violence continue to rage through South African universities. In the Vaal University of Technology (VUT), Vanderbijlpark Campus, students clashed with police and set alight university property. The protesting students are calling for the removal of the security company currently contracted by the University. Meanwhile, in Rhodes University, female students took to the streets read more »
Press Statement : Quest for Nodal Development: Evidence from Census 2001 and Census 2011
Press Statement 12 May 2016 Quest for Nodal Development: Evidence from Census 2001 and Census 2011 (Report No. 03-10-14) According to the South African Multidimensional Poverty Index (SAMPI), the number of households that were multidimensionally poor in South Africa had decreased to 8.0% by 2011 from 18.2% in 2001. The decrease read more »
Themes
Conference Themes The conference is organized around the following research sub-themes but are not restricted to these: THEME 1: A DEMOGRAPHY OF AFRICA Fertility transition in Africa Children, youth and the transition to adulthood Determinants and consequences of African urbanisation Family planning & reproductive health Demographic projections Adult health, mortality, read more »
Focus of the Conference
Focus of 5th ISIbalo Conference of African Young Statisticians The Conference will also take advantage of being held in the week of 16 June 2016 to address the elusive topic of statistical leadership with young professionals as leaders of tomorrow’s statistical community. The 16th June is a day celebrated in South Africa to commemorate brave read more »
sg
Continue reading Dr. Pali Lehohla Statistician-General It is with great pleasure that Statistics South Africa launches the website of the ISIbalo Capacity Building Programme. While strengthening statistics and statistical capacity dates back far in Africa, a new turning point presented itself in 2008 when South Africa questioned the value of hosting the 57th Session of read more »
South Africa’s CPI reveals how volatile inflation hurts the poorest
Patrick Kelly, Executive Manager for Price Statistics, provides some insights into how inflation affects the most vulnerable. The combined effect of the severe drought and the depreciation of the rand drove annual food inflation to 9,8% in March, its highest level in four years. Periods of high food inflation often spark an outpouring of concern read more »
Stats Biz – April 2016
Many have commented on South Africa’s drought and how rapidly food prices have been rising. The latest release of Stats SA’s Consumer Price Index (CPI) unpacks the South African food basket to examine which items might be contributing to your rising grocery bill. Explore food prices, as well as other economic stories, in this edition read more »