{"id":15118,"date":"2022-02-02T16:34:18","date_gmt":"2022-02-02T14:34:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.statssa.gov.za\/?p=15118"},"modified":"2022-02-02T16:34:38","modified_gmt":"2022-02-02T14:34:38","slug":"15118","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.statssa.gov.za\/?p=15118","title":{"rendered":"MINISTER AND DEPUTY MINISTER IN THE PRESIDENCY TO JOIN STATS SA IN COUNTING THE TRANSIENT, THE HOMELESS POPULATION AND NEWBORNS ON CENSUS NIGHT"},"content":{"rendered":"

MEDIA ADVISORY<\/strong><\/p>\n

TUESDAY 02 FEBRUARY 2022<\/strong><\/p>\n

MINISTER AND DEPUTY MINISTER IN THE PRESIDENCY TO JOIN STATS SA IN COUNTING THE TRANSIENT, THE HOMELESS POPULATION AND NEWBORNS ON CENSUS NIGHT<\/strong><\/p>\n

Minister in the Presidency, Mondli Gungubele, will join the Statistics South Africa (Stats SA) team in Cape Town on Census Night to enumerate the transient population as Census 2022 kicks off. \u00a0Deputy Minister in the Presidency, Thembi Siweya, will do the same in Johannesburg.<\/p>\n

Stats SA will be counting the transient population at various sites across the country on Tuesday, 02 February 2022 as part of the nationwide Census Night activities marking the beginning of the Census 2022 count.<\/p>\n

Census Night is the reference night for a population count. Everyone who is within the borders of the country on that night is included in the count. Populations in institutions, the homeless, hotels, lodges, the transients, hospitals and other communal living quarters are counted on Census Night.<\/p>\n

Cape Town activities<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Minister Gungubele will engage and enumerate people who are still in the borders of the country at the Cape Town International Airport and who would soon thereafter depart on international flights.<\/p>\n

Members of the media are invited to this event as follows:<\/p>\n

Date:<\/strong> Wednesday, 02 February 2022<\/p>\n

Time<\/strong>: 21h00<\/p>\n

Venue: <\/strong>Cape Town International Airport<\/p>\n

Johannesburg activities<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Deputy Minister in the Presidency Thembi Siweya, together with the Statistician \u2013General, Risenga Maluleke, will lead fieldworkers to count the transient, the homeless and newborns.<\/p>\n

Details of the events are as follows:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Time <\/strong><\/td>\nVenue<\/strong><\/td>\nActivity<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
20:00<\/td>\nOR Tambo Airport<\/td>\nEnumeration of the Transient population At OR Tambo Airport<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
22:00<\/td>\nPark Station<\/td>\nEnumeration of the Homeless population\u00a0 at the Park Station<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
23:30<\/td>\nBaragwanath Hospital<\/td>\nEnumeration of newborns born before midnight<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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Members of the media are required to RSVP by 16h30 today and provide their name, ID number and camera serial numbers in order to secure access at the airports.<\/p>\n

Media RSVP: Felicia Sithole<\/strong>: Felicias@statssa.gov.za<\/a> \/ 076 430 0693.<\/p>\n

Media enquiries (Minister in the Presidency) contact: <\/strong><\/p>\n

Trevor Oosterwyk \u2013 TrevorO@statssa.gov.za<\/a> \/ 082 908 9105 (Stats-SA) \/ Nonceba Mhlauli, Spokesperson to the Minister in the Presidency \u2013Nonceba@dpme.gov.za<\/a> \/ 072 6233462.<\/p>\n

Media enquiries (Stats SA) contact: <\/strong><\/p>\n

Lesedi Dibakwane, Cell: 082 805 7088, Email: lesedid@statssa.gov.za<\/a><\/p>\n

Issued by the Ministry in the Presidency of the Republic of South Africa<\/p>\n

www.thepresidency.gov.za<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

MEDIA ADVISORY TUESDAY 02 FEBRUARY 2022 MINISTER AND DEPUTY MINISTER IN THE PRESIDENCY TO JOIN STATS SA IN COUNTING THE TRANSIENT, THE HOMELESS POPULATION AND NEWBORNS ON CENSUS NIGHT Minister in the Presidency, Mondli Gungubele, will join the Statistics South Africa (Stats SA) team in Cape Town on Census Night to enumerate the transient population   read more »<\/a><\/p>\n

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