{"id":7470,"date":"2016-05-16T15:38:51","date_gmt":"2016-05-16T13:38:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.statssa.gov.za\/?page_id=7470"},"modified":"2016-05-16T15:38:51","modified_gmt":"2016-05-16T13:38:51","slug":"dr-miranda","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.statssa.gov.za\/?page_id=7470","title":{"rendered":"Dr. Miranda"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"center\"><span style=\"color: darkred; font-family: Kristen ITC; font-size: 12;\"><b>Continue reading<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<table style=\"background: url('https:\/\/www.statssa.gov.za\/wp-content\/themes\/umkhanyakude\/img\/SchoolKids_3.jpg'); background-size: 100% 100%;\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"5\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\">\n<table width=\"100%\" border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr valign=\"center\">\n<td valign=\"center\" width=\"25%\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.statssa.gov.za\/wp-content\/themes\/umkhanyakude\/img\/WelcomeDrMiranda1.png\" width=\"207\" height=\"161\" \/><\/td>\n<td valign=\"center\" width=\"75%\"><span style=\"color: blue;\"><b>Dr. Miranda Mafafo<\/b><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: blue;\"><b>Statistics South Africa<\/b><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: darkred;\">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 for too long been overshadowed by serious lack of relevant statistical capacity to keep pace with the growing demand for statistics relevant for decision-making and in the wake of an emerging data revolution.. Yet capacity remains the bedrock of national statistical systems and is core to the implementation of National Strategies for the Development of Statistics in Africa. Through this programme will Africa unite to achieve its goals and Agenda 2063 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.statssa.gov.za\/?page_id=6456\">Go back<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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&nbsp; &nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.statssa.gov.za\/?page_id=7470\" class=\"btn btn-mini btn-info pull-right\" style=\"margin:10px 30px;\">read more &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"clear\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"isibaloProgrammes.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-7470","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.statssa.gov.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7470","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.statssa.gov.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.statssa.gov.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.statssa.gov.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.statssa.gov.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=7470"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.statssa.gov.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7470\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7474,"href":"https:\/\/www.statssa.gov.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7470\/revisions\/7474"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.statssa.gov.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7470"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}