Statistics SA

Statistics SA

Statistics SA

Vacancies

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Vision

Mission

Through optimization, partnerships, and innovation, transform the production, coordination, and use of statistics.

Concerning the Statistics Act

To establish a Statistician-General as the head of Statistics South Africa, who is responsible for the collection, production, and dissemination of official and other statistics, including conducting a population census, and for coordination among statisticians; to repeal certain legislation, and to provide for related matters. BE IT ENACTED BY THE SENATE OF THE REPUBLICAN REPUBLICAN REPUBLICAN REPUBLICAN REPUBLICAN REPUBLICAN

The purpose of Act 2

is to advance the planning, production, analysis, documentation, storage, dissemination, and use of official and other statistics by establishing:
(a) a Statistician-General as the head of Statistics South Africa and a Council;
(b) the respective functions of the Statistician-General, the Council, and the Minister, as well as their interrelationships; and
(c) co-ordination between Statistics South Africa and other state organs that produce official and other statistics
I give recommendations on the standardization, classification, collecting, processing, analysis, and distribution of statistics;
request official statistics.

Official statistics’ purpose and statistical principles

The goal of official statistics is to aid state organs, businesses, other organizations, and the general public in
(a) planning;
(b) decision-making or other activities; and
(c) monitoring or assessment of policies, decision-making, or other actions.
Official statistics must be—
(a) relevant, accurate, reliable, and timely; (b) objective and comprehensive;
(c) compiled, reported, and documented in a scientific and transparent manner;
(d) disseminated impartially;
(e) accessible;
(f) in accordance with appropriate national and international standards and classifications; and
(g) sensitive to gender distribution.