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 »

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 »

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 »

About the 5th ISIbalo Conference of African Young Statisticians Dates and VenueThe 5th ISIbalo Conference of African Young Statisticians will be held in Pretoria from the 13th to the 17th June 2016. As Stats SA moves to its new home, state-of-the-art premises in Salvokop near Freedom Park in Pretoria, the conference will be the first   read more »

Stats4Soccer   In 2007, a Stats SA official and former professional soccer player, Mr Johnny “Black Sunday” Masegela introduced the ISIbalo programme called Stats4Soccer.   Ahead of the 57th Session of the ISI in Durban in 2009, Johnny set out to teach learners of mathematics mathematical concepts using the sport of Soccer.   While sport   read more »

The 28th International Population Conference & Geography Education in Schools In October 2017, South Africa will be hosting the 28th International Population Conference in Cape Town.   In preparation for the conference, Statistics SA will be a rolling out a programme for Grade 10 learners in the discipline of Geography, given the data analysis gaps in   read more »

ISIbalo School Programme Statistics continue to indicate that while South Africa has shown positive economic growth over the past few years, inequalities and huge income disparities continue to exist. These are characterized by significant youth unemployment, exacerbated by a lack of appropriate skills for development; and, a persistent skills shortage in areas required for an   read more »

South Africa Demographic and Health Survey 2016 Statistics South Africa (Stats SA) is conducting the South Africa Demographic and Health Survey (SADHS) 2016 in partnership with the National Department of Health and the South African Medical Research Council. The survey will be conducted from May to November 2016. The survey aims to provide a better   read more »

PROGRAMME on CENSUS & COMMUNITY SURVEY DATA ANALYSIS AND UTILIZATION   2016 – 2018 Phase 1: Development of a Prioritised Research Agenda for African countries The prioritised research agenda has been developed in line with emerging needs of Africa Agenda 2063, SDGs and an emerging data revolutionA tentative list of demographic topics to be investigated   read more »

Young Statisticians Work Programme For  2016-18 1.1 Young Statisticians in Africa Statistics South Africa has been at the forefront of leading the revitalisation of statistical development in Africa since 2005.  The regional statistical agenda prioritises the empowerment and capacity building of young African statisticians; recognizing their role in the near future in leading statistical development   read more »