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23 May 2013
                       
 
 
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14 May 2013
 
 
SA: Statement by Statistics South Africa, on Mid-year population estimates for 2013 (14/05/2013)
STATEMENT
South Africa’s population size grew to 52.98 million, according to the latest Statistics SA (Stats SA) mid-year population estimates. This is a growth of just over one million people since the...
 
 
07 May 2013
 
 
 
Daily podcast – May 7, 2013.
PODCAST
Statistician general Pali Lehohla said on Monday that South Africa could do better with a youth wage subsidy than without it. The National Treasury has proposed the subsidy to encourage employers...
 
 
Youth wage subsidy may work – Lehohla
YOUTH WAGE SUBSIDY
South Africa could do better with a youth wage subsidy than without, statistician general Pali Lehohla said on Monday. "There is a problem of skills, a problem of experience, and a problem of...
 
 
06 Feb 2013
 
 
 
Daily podcast – February 6, 2013.
PODCAST
Statistics South Africa says the country needs a policy discussion on the stagnant unemployment rate.
 
 
05 Feb 2013
 
SA needs policy discussion on stagnant unemployment rate – Stats SA
UNEMPLOYMENT
South Africa needed to get into a policy dialogue regarding its high unemployment rate, which has remained stagnant for more than a decade, Statistics South Africa (Stats SA) statistician-general...
 
 
13 Nov 2012
 
SA: Grizelda Cjiekella: Address by the Acting Premier of the Northern Cape Province, on the occasion of the Auditor General Handing over Stats SA report, Northern Cape (13/11/2012)
SPEECH
It gives me great pleasure to join you this morning in accepting Stats SA report that we will have to study, share with our people and use in building sustainable livelihoods for the people of the...
 
 
30 Oct 2012
 
SA: Jacob Zuma: Address by the President of South Africa, on the occasion of the release of the Census 2011 results, Sefako M Makgatho Presidential Guesthouse, Pretoria (30/10/2012)
SPEECH
This is the tale of our national pride: The South Africa I know, the Home I understand, our census report. The importance of conducting a population and housing census cannot be overemphasised.
 
 
SA: Statement by Statistics South Africa, population results from Census 2011 (30/10/2012)
STATEMENT
Stats SA today released Census 2011 results, showing that the country’s population grew to 51.8 million people. The Census of 2001 put South Africa’s population at 44.8 million people, and the...
 
 
26 Oct 2012
 
Census 2011 results launch
WHATS ON
President Jacob Zuma, as the first citizen of the country, will on Tuesday, 30 October 2012, officially receive the Census 2011 results from the Statistician-General, Pali Lehohla, a year after a...
 
 
14 Oct 2012
 
15 May 2012
 
SA: Manuel: Address by Minister in the Presidency, on the budget vote of Statistics South Africa (16/05/2012)
Topics
It is worth repeating that the collection and synthesis of data for a national statistical system is something that most people around the world take for granted. We have a sense that the way in...
 
 
31 Oct 2011
 
Statement by Stats SA, drawing Census 2011 to a close (31/10/2011)
Statements

Stats SA is embarking on a MOP-UP phase as Census 2011 comes to a close on today.
“Operations on the ground indicate that there are households that we have not counted,”...

 
 
16 Oct 2011
 
DA: Statement by Helen Zille, Democratic Alliance leader, on Census 2011 (16/10/2011)
Statements

Census 2011 officially started last week with around 156 000 enumerators, co-ordinators and supervisors setting out across South Africa to count the country’s entire population before...

 
 
05 Sep 2011
 
StatsSA: Statement by Statistics South Africa, on Census 2011 preparations (05/06/2011)
Statements

Statistics South Africa is forging ahead with Census 2011 preparations; a logistical nightmare for any country.

As from 24 September to 2 October 2011, Statistics South Africa will...

 
 
14 Jun 2011
 
SA population to breach 50m mark in 2011 census
CENSUS 2011
South Africa’s population is expected to exceed 50-million in the 2011 census, which will take place in October, said Statistics South Africa (Stats SA) head Pali Lehohla on Tuesday. According...
 
 
 
                       
 
 
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