Our Partners A common African proverb affirms that “it takes a village to bring up a child …”. To this cause, Stats SA has many partners in realising the objectives of the ISIbalo Capacity Building Programme.  These include: ✔Department of Basic Education ✔Department of Higher Education & Training ✔Department of Public Works ✔Department of Social   read more »

NEWSLETTERS Click the following links to view past Conference Newsletters ASSD ASSD_Newsletter_1_Feb_2014.pdf ASSD_Newsletter_2_Feb_2014.pdf ASSD_Newsletter_3_Feb_2014.pdf 7th_ASSD.pdf 7th_ASSD_Symposium_Newsletter.pdf ISIbane Conference_Newsletter_ISIBane_15_July_2013.pdf Conference_Newsletter_ISIBane_16_July_2013.pdf Conference_Newsletter_ISIBane_17_July_2013.pdf IYASC IYASC_Newsletter_1_Aug_2014.pdf IYASC_Newsletter_2_Aug_2014.pdf 5th ISIbalo African Young Statisticians conference edition1.pdf 5th ISIbalo African Young Statisticians conference Youth Edition3.pdf 5th ISIbalo African Young Statisticians conference Youth Edition4.pdf CRVS CRVS_Newsletter_No1.pdf CRVS_Newsletter_No2.pdf

5th ISIbalo Conference of African Young Statisticians  Theme: Population and Sustainable Development in Africa Pretoria, SOUTH AFRICA 13-17 June 2016 About the 5th ISIbalo Conference of African Young Statisticians  Focus of the Conference  Themes  5th Young Statisticians Program Outline 

OUR WORK The current data revolution sweeping across Africa has placed a renewed responsibility on Statistics SA and its implementing partners to address, through the ISIbalo Capacity Building Programme, several issues that remain challenges in Africa and in South Africa. These include: (i) A growing and renewed demand for better statistics placing renewed pressure on   read more »

HISTORY OF THE ISIBALO CAPACITY BUILDING PROGRAMME In 2009, South Africa hosted the 57th Session of the International Statistical Institute (ISI). The ISI is a prestigious professional body of statisticians worldwide. Hosting the ISI Congress for the first time on the African continent, South Africa asked itself a question that remains relevant to this day:   read more »

WELCOME TO THE WEBSITE OF ISIBALO CAPACITY BUILDING PROGRAMME 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   read more »

Media Release                                                                                                                                                                    20 April 2016   GHS Series Volume VII: Housing from a human settlement perspective In-depth analysis of General Household Survey (2002-2014) and Census (1996-2011) data   The number of households living in formal dwellings across the country has increased from 76% in 2002 to 80% 2014 which signifies that the   read more »

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. Imagine a basket sitting in front you, filled with a range of   read more »

On 6 April 2016, the South African President Jacob Zuma proclaimed that the local government elections will be held on 3 August 2016. This is the fourth local government elections since the country’s first free and fair non-racial general elections held on 27 April 1994. Local government elections are held to elect members of the   read more »

Finding a home in a big pond It is often said that small businesses hold the key to economic growth. Recently released data paint an interesting picture of where small businesses are making a substantial contribution to economic activity. Stats SA’s latest Quarterly financial statistics reports that the private sector earned a total of R2,1   read more »