{"id":9691,"date":"2017-03-28T16:01:16","date_gmt":"2017-03-28T14:01:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.statssa.gov.za\/?p=9691"},"modified":"2017-03-28T16:01:16","modified_gmt":"2017-03-28T14:01:16","slug":"media-advisory-the-state-of-basic-service-delivery-in-south-africa-quarterly-financial-statistics-of-municipalities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.statssa.gov.za\/?p=9691","title":{"rendered":"Media advisory: The state of basic service delivery in South Africa &#038; Quarterly financial statistics of municipalities"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p align=\"left\"><b>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\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\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 28 March 2017<i><br \/>\n<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><b><i>Statistician-General to release reports on financial statistics of municipalities and the state of basic service delivery<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<p>The Statistician-General of South Africa, Dr Pali Lehohla, will release reports on the quarterly financial statistics of municipalities and the state of basic service delivery in South Africa at a media briefing to be held on Thursday, 30 March 2017 in Pretoria.<\/p>\n<p><i>The state of basic service delivery in South Africa: In-depth analysis of the Community survey 2016 data<\/i> report presents data on access to and quality and functionality of various basic services including water, electricity, sanitation, and refuse removal. The report will also present details on the prevalence of bucket toilets, as reported by South African households.<\/p>\n<p>The <i>Quarterly financial statistics of municipalities<\/i>, December 2016 (QFSM) report provides statistics on the consolidated financial performance of municipalities in the country, including information on income generated from rates and services and sales of electricity and water.\u00a0 The report also provides data on amounts spent by municipalities on various items including employee-related costs, bad debts, grants, interest paid on municipal debts, entertainment costs, and rental costs amongst others.<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">\n<p align=\"left\"><b>The media briefing will be held as follows:<\/b><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><b>Date<\/b>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 :\u00a0 Thursday, 30 March 2017<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><b>Time\u00a0 <\/b>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0:\u00a0\u00a0 13H00<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><b>Venue <\/b>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0:\u00a0 ISIbalo House, Koch Street, Salvokop, Pretoria<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><b>\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><b>RSVP:<\/b><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p align=\"left\">Felicia Sithole<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">Tel: 012 339 2401<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">Cell: 076 430 0693<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">Email: <a href=\"mailto:FeliciaS@statssa.gov.za\">FeliciaS@statssa.gov.za<\/a><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">Madimetja Mashishi<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">Tel: 012 337 6456<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">Cell: 073 821 5994<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">Email: <a href=\"mailto:MadimetjaMa@statssa.gov.za\">MadimetjaMa@statssa.gov.za<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p align=\"left\">\n<p align=\"left\"><b>For media enquiries contact:<\/b><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">Lesedi Dibakwane<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">Tel: 012 310 8578<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">Cell: 082 805 7088<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">Email: <a href=\"mailto:LesediD@statssa.gov.za\">LesediD@statssa.gov.za<\/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\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\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 28 March 2017 Statistician-General to release reports on financial statistics of municipalities and the state of basic service delivery The Statistician-General of South Africa, Dr Pali Lehohla, will release reports on the quarterly financial statistics of municipalities and the state of basic service delivery in South Africa at a media&nbsp; &nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.statssa.gov.za\/?p=9691\" 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,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[38,23,34,50,45],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9691","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-energy","category-expenditure-and-income","category-government-finances","category-invitation","category-press-statements"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.statssa.gov.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9691","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\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.statssa.gov.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=9691"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.statssa.gov.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9691\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9693,"href":"https:\/\/www.statssa.gov.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9691\/revisions\/9693"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.statssa.gov.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=9691"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.statssa.gov.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=9691"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.statssa.gov.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=9691"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}