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Media advisory                                                                                                                22 September 2017

Statistician-General to release Victims of Crime Survey, recorded live births and formal employment statistics

The Statistician-General of South Africa, Dr Pali Lehohla, will on Thursday, 28 September 2017 release the findings of the Victims of Crime Survey, 2016/2017 as well as the Quarterly Employment Statistics, June 2017 and Recorded Live Births, 2016 reports at a media briefing to be held at Stats SA’s head office in Pretoria.

The event will be held as follows:

Date: Thursday, 28 September 2017

Time:  12:00

Venue: ISIbalo House, Koch Street, Pretoria, Tshwane (Freedom Park precinct)

RSVP:

Felicia Sithole; Tel: 012 339 2401; Cell: 076 430 0693; Email: FeliciaS@statssa.gov.za or

Madimetja Mashishi; Tel: 012 337 6456; Cell: 073 821 5994; Email: MadimetjaMa@statssa.gov.za

For media enquiries contact:

Lesedi Dibakwane

Director: Media and Public Relations

Tel: 012 310 8578

Cell: 082 805 7088

Email: LesediD@statssa.gov.za

Notes about the reports:

• Victims of Crime Survey, 2016/2017 (VOCS) – The VOCS presents the nature, extent and patterns of crime in South Africa, from the victim’s perspective, as well as victim risk and victim proneness, and people’s perceptions of services provided by the police and the courts as components of the criminal justice system.

• Quarterly employment statistics, June 2017 – The QES measures changes in employment across all industries in the formal sector of the economy.

• Recorded live births, 2016 – The recorded live births statistical release presents information on recorded live births in South Africa, based on data from the national birth registration system.

Issued by Statistics South Africa