• Do statistics matter

• Organisational Performance– The Story of the Census: Achievements and challenges– Overall organisational performance– Human resource performance

• Financial Performance

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Do statistics matter

The system of statistics in South Africa contributes to:The system of statistics in South Africa contributes to:

o Inform planning

o Monitor progress

o Evaluate performance

o Support the system of planning in crafting the roadmap to

achieve long-term goals

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The Story of the Census 2011

April –Aug 2011

Sep – Oct 2011 Nov – Mar 2012

April – Sep2012

Oct 2012April – Mar 2011

30 Oct 2012

Preparation Getting readyDeployment: 60 Days operations

Reverse logistics

Training, selection & appointment of fieldworkers

157 886

ListingPublicityEnumeration

1,2 million tons

103 000 EAs

14,6 dwelling

s

7 472 vehicles

Recruit-ment

Advertise- ment

Question-naires to processing centre

Forward logistics to provinces and district offices

3 mil posters

Communi-cation & marketing campaign

57 additional satellite offices

IT and office infrastruc-ture

Re- visits

15,8 mil

PES commenced

Process & analyse

Processing commenced

PES finalised

Processing finalised

Census product development

Communi-cation & marketing campaign developedSystems

develop-ment

Printing

Daily monitoring progress

Pay & de-commision fieldworkers

2 213

Appoint FWS

Demarcate

Release results

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Independent monitoring and evaluation

• People (157 886) this is equivalent to 10% of the public service– Recruitment, Training, Deployment, Management

• Systems– Monitoring and tracking of personnel– Appointment of personnel– Supply Chain Management and the uneven environment (venues and catering) – Supplier Payments and the 30 day rule– Enumerator payments through the Banking System (enumerators not ATM literate)

• Vehicle management– Damages– Tracking and misuse

• Logistics– Printing and forward logistics– Collections in highly mobile society

Challenges: Census 2011

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• Increased pressure to implement international standards (SNA2008, ISIC4, SEEA) to remain relevant and comparable to peers (OECD, BRICS)

• Increased need for sub-national economic statistics cannot be met within existing business register model

• Decreasing response rates (respondent fatigue)• Business registration reform – collaboration between partner departments

– CPIC identified as leading department.

– Collaboration expanded between Stats SA and SARS on employment matters

• Balancing maintenance of ageing ICT infrastructure with the demands and opportunities of new technologies

• Human resource constraints– Statistical capacity in the SANSS

– Analytical and methodological capacity

• Increased demand and pressure to provide statistical support to partners in SANSS• Internalisation of the SANSS

Challenges & Constraints

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• All relevant economic and social statistical releases adhered to International Monetary

Fund (IMF) Special Data Dissemination Standards (SDDS) requirements

• New release on Victims of Crime

• New serie on social development indicators released

• The plan ready to meeting all dwelling frame targets through collaboration as opposed to

doing costly fieldwork

• Improved statistical infrastructure established across the country

• Administering census whilst supporting core business

• Leading international statistical development: Achieved Africa Counts. Adopted CRVS as

African Symposia for Statistical Development (ASSD) priority over the next 5 years.

Leading statistical harmonisation and development on the continent

Achievements

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Performance 2011/12

System of Statistics

Statistical theme Actual performance

Economic statistics subsystem

Economic growth Published quarterly and annual GPD estimates

Published 149 monthly, quarterly, annual and periodic industry statistics releases

Prices Published monthly CPI and PPI releases

Finalised IES data collection

Sustainable resource management

Compiled discussion documents on environment and sustainable resource management

Employment, job creation and decent work

Published quarterly employment and earnings statistics

Published quarterly labour force survey

Improved collaboration with SARS on employment

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System of Statistics

Statistical theme Actual performance

Social statistics subsystem

Life circumstances, service delivery and poverty

Published results of annual General Household Survey (GHS)Published series on development indicators

Population dynamics Finalised fieldwork for census 2011. Commenced with data processingPublished monthly and annual vital statisticsPublished mid-year population estimates

Safety and security Published results of Victims of Crime SurveyPartnership established with SAPSProvided technical support and advice on crime statistics

Health Published Causes of death

Education Published statistical information on education - GHS

Rural development, food security and land reform

Published statistical information on food security - GHS

Performance 2011/12

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Human Resource Performance

Financial yearFinancial year No of Interns absorbedNo of Interns absorbed

2005/06 9

2006/07 13

2007/08 23

2008/09 28

2009/10 36

2010/11 18

2011/12 40

TOTALTOTAL 167167

Internship programme

• Vacancy rate: 13,2%

• Women in SMS: 33,3%

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Organisational performance

• Field operations successfully concluded and processing resumed

• Continued to deliver on our core statistical products

• Established a national footprint for statistical collection

• Continued to build statistical capacity

• Improved statistical systems and processes

• Continued to lead harmonisation of statistical development

• Improved governance resulted in unqualified audits for 6 consecutive years

However,

• 2011/12 was an unusual year as it was the year of the census with its inherent risks

• In this year, Stats SA received a qualified audit

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Financial performance

• Qualified Audit on the accruals disclosure (say more)• Basis for qualified opinion: Inadequate systems in place to track records of accounts

payable for goods and services received but not yet paid for• Emphasis of matters:

Significant uncertainties• Unresolved matter of advance payments of R7,8 million• Procurement of goods and services for R35,8 million - matter under investigation

Material losses: Losses amounting to R34,4 million written off as irrecoverable

Steps taken to improve in governance and financial management: • Enhanced oversight functions at national, provincial and district level - compliance

monitoring, audit monitoring• Commenced with implementation of a corporate governance framework including risk

management

Challenges• System functionalities and integration• Overall human resources in provinces• Funding the strategy -12-

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Expenditure per programme

Programme AdjustedAppropriation

Virement FinalApproprio- tion

ActualExpenditure

Variance Expenditure as % of final appropriation

R’000 R’000 R’000 R’000 R’000 %

Administration 413 370 2 387 415 757 414 941 816 99.8

Economic Statistics 194 146 (9 735) 184 411 183 980 431 99.8

Population & Social statistics 102 555 (8 204) 94 351 89 646 4 705 95.0

Methodology & Standards 72 320 (4 813) 67 507 66 651 856 98.7

Statistical Support & Informatics 192 596 (15 407) 177 189 175 722 1 467 99.2

Corporate Relations 445 248 25 660 470 908 470 669 239 99.9

Survey Operations 2 309 892 10 112 2 320 004 2 272 772 47 232 98.0

Total 3 730 127 - 3 730 127 3 674 381 55 746 98.5

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Expenditure trend

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Economic statistics

• Reweighted and rebased CPI

• Re-engineered PPI release

MDG report for 2012/13

Forthcoming events

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Census Release: The South Africa I know, the home I understand• Release date of Census 2011 is 30 October 2012• Census 96 was released 24 months later• Census 2001 was released 21 months later • Census products are

– Easy to use– Accessible – Electronic– Through print media– Mobile devices based– GIS based– Going to enhance the use of evidence in decisions– The rallying point for citizens to discuss and debate– For children at school to understand their environment– For communities to engage with themselves and the state and make choices

Forthcoming events

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Broaden the role and reach of official statistics

Growth through coordination

Enhanced quality

Sustained capacity

Doing more with the same

Trust in statistics through building a sustainable organisation

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