{"id":18543,"date":"2025-07-01T08:09:55","date_gmt":"2025-07-01T06:09:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.statssa.gov.za\/?p=18543"},"modified":"2025-07-01T08:09:55","modified_gmt":"2025-07-01T06:09:55","slug":"community-engagement-ahead-of-the-statistics-south-africa-budget-vote","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.statssa.gov.za\/?p=18543","title":{"rendered":"Community Engagement Ahead of the Statistics South Africa Budget Vote"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>MEDIA ADVISORY\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a030 June 2025<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>For Immediate Release<\/p>\n<p><strong>Community Engagement Ahead of the Statistics South Africa Budget Vote<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>On Wednesday, 2 July 2025, the Deputy Minister in the Presidency, Ms Nonceba Mhlauli, will be joined by the Statistician-General of South Africa, Mr Risenga Maluleke, senior executives of Statistics South Africa, local councillors, and other community leaders for a series of community outreach engagements in the lead-up to the tabling of Stats SA\u2019s Budget Vote.<\/p>\n<p>The purpose of the outreach is to raise awareness about the work of Stats SA, highlight the importance of public participation in its surveys, and reaffirm the critical role official statistics play in shaping evidence-based policymaking. These engagements form part of ongoing efforts to bring statistics closer to the people, fostering trust, enhancing transparency, and encouraging active community involvement.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>The details are as follows:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>When: Wednesday, 02 July<\/p>\n<p>Time: 07H45<\/p>\n<p>Where: Gugulethu Square Shopping Centre and Taxi Rank<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Train ride<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Time:\u00a0 09H12<\/p>\n<p>Departs from: Nyanga Junction Train Station<\/p>\n<p>Arrival at: Cape Town Station at 10H02, platform 20<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Media interview schedule<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Time: <\/strong>10H02 till 10:30<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>For further info, contact:<\/p>\n<p>Felicia Sithole<\/p>\n<p>Cell: 076\u00a0430 0693<\/p>\n<p><strong>Follow us on social media: Facebook<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/StatsSA\">Stats SA<\/a>; <strong>X<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/StatsSA\">@StatsSA<\/a>; <strong>LinkedIn<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/statssa\/?viewAsMember=true\">Statistics South Africa<\/a>; <strong>YouTube<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@TheStatisticsSA\">TheStatisticsSA<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MEDIA ADVISORY\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a030 June 2025 For Immediate Release Community Engagement Ahead of the Statistics South Africa Budget Vote On Wednesday, 2 July 2025, the Deputy Minister in the Presidency, Ms Nonceba Mhlauli, will be joined by the Statistician-General of South Africa, Mr Risenga Maluleke, senior executives of Statistics South Africa, local councillors, and other community&nbsp; &nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.statssa.gov.za\/?p=18543\" 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":11,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[45],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18543","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-press-statements"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.statssa.gov.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18543","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.statssa.gov.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.statssa.gov.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.statssa.gov.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.statssa.gov.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=18543"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.statssa.gov.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18543\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18544,"href":"https:\/\/www.statssa.gov.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18543\/revisions\/18544"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.statssa.gov.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=18543"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.statssa.gov.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=18543"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.statssa.gov.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=18543"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}