IMPROVING LIVES THROUGH DATA ECOSYSTEMS

  Contact: Lesedi Dibakwane 0828057088 lesedid@statssa.gov.za   Release of Community Survey (CS) 2016 Results   The Statistician-General of South Africa, Dr Pali Lehohla will release the results of the Community Survey 2016 (CS 2016) which will, among others, reflect on the 40 years of the country’s performance on education, labour markets, service delivery, poverty and   read more »

Statistician-General to release the Financial Census of Municipalities, 2015 results The Statistician-General of South Africa, Dr Pali Lehohla, will release the results of the 2015 Financial Census of Municipalities at a media briefing to be held on Wednesday, 29 June 2016 in Pretoria. The survey collected a variety of financial information from local, district and   read more »

10 June 2016                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       Building statistical capacity to address data demands in monitoring sustainable development in Africa: The  5th ISIbalo Conference of African Young Statisticians, Pretoria, 13-17 2016 As South Africa marks the 40th Anniversary of the 1976 Youth Uprisings, young statisticians from across the continent will congregate in South Africa for the 5th   read more »

6 June 2016 Stats SA releases Gross domestic product (GDP), Q1 2016 The Statistician-General of South Africa, Dr Pali Lehohla, together with South Africa Reserve Bank Governor, Mr Lesetja Kganyago, will release the Gross domestic product (GDP) statistical release, for the first quarter of 2016, at a media briefing to be held on Wednesday, 08   read more »

Since 2008, Statistics South Africa has biennially hosted the 5th ISIbalo Conference of Africa Young Statisticians with aim of building technical and research capacity of young statisticians and young demographers.  The conference forms an important element of the ISIbalo Young Statisticians Programme that attests to Africa’s Vision 2063 in building capacity for evidence-based planning.  The   read more »

MEDIA ADVISORY 10 May 2016 The Statistician-General of South Africa, Dr Pali Lehohla, will release a report on Development in the rural and urban nodes between 2001 and 2011, at a media briefing to be held on Thursday 12, May 2016. The report presents the state of development in rural and urban nodes with regards   read more »

MEDIA ADVISORY 06 May 2016 Quarterly Labour Force Survey (QLFS) for the First Quarter (Q1) of 2016 The Statistician-General, Dr Pali Lehohla, will release the results of the Quarterly Labour Force Survey (QLFS) for the first quarter (Q1) of 2016 on Monday, 9th May 2016. The report will be released as follows: Date : 09   read more »

MEDIA ADVISORY: MINISTER RADEBE TO BRIEF MEDIA AND DELIVER 2016/2017 STATS SA BUDGET VOTE SPEECH Minister in the Presidency for Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation and Chairperson of the National Planning Commission, Mr Jeff Radebe, MP, will table his budget for Stats SA before the National Assembly on the 20th April 2016. The budget vote speech   read more »

Media Invite 18 April 2016   Statistician-General to release report GHS Series Volume VII: Housing from a human settlement perspective The Statistician-General will deliver a profile on housing and human settlement in the country through the lens of the General Household Survey. The series GHS Volume VII: Housing from a human settlement perspective report provides   read more »

Media Invite 14 April 2016   Statistician-General to release report on the social profile of youth in South Africa This year marks four decades since the youth of South Africa precipitated an irreversible movement to seize freedom and flush out apartheid from the face of South Africa in 1976. It is against this backdrop that   read more »