1. Statistics, A conduit of Trust
Dr Pali Lehohla
Statistician-General

2. Contents Statistical development Governance Key Achievements Risks
Value add
Financial standing and impact
Impact on strategy

3. Invitation

6. Statistical development over the past 22 years

7. Governance and audit trail 2006/07 2007/08 2008/09 2009/10 2010/11
Unqualified
2008/09
Governance
and audit trail
(over the past 10 years)
Unqualified
Unqualified
2009/10
Unqualified
2010/11
2011/12
Unqualified
Qualified
2012/13
2013/14
Unqualified
Clean
2014/15
2015/16
Clean
Clean

8. Delivery of key projects 2015/16 2016/17
Citizen Satisfaction Survey (KZN)
Planning for National CSS
Community Survey
In Progress
GDP(E)
In progress
Integrative planning tools
Digital work place
Delivered in CSS
Delivered in CS
New Building
Legislative reform
1st quarter
Delivery
of key projects

9. Delivery 1st quarter 28% spending 8,9% vacancy rate 41,4% female in
SMS posts
1,2%
staff with
disabilities

10. International Statistical development African Statistical Development
AU: Technology and Financing strategies
CRVS support to African countries
Young African Statistician Conference
Indicators for Agenda 2063
Global Statistical Development
Indicators for SDGs
Won the bid to host UN World Data forum

11. Risks In the system Reputational Risk Financial Risk
Earned the status: Statistics, a conduit of trust
Sustaining and managing this reputation
Sustained delivery of quality products
Transparency in what we do
Financial Risk
Sustained delivery of quality products
Better efficiency through innovation
Funding emerging measurement priorities

12. Position of Stats SA IES GDP(E) Funded from savings in CoE
Risk: cannot reweight & rebase CPI
CPI will become irrelevant over time
Adverse impact on: Inflation rate, Economic growth, poverty line and indicators

13. Collection, processing, analysis, dissemination
Statistical Coordination & partnerships
Growth through
Coordination
e.g.
Agriculture
Census (EC)
CSS
Administrative
records
Collection, processing, analysis, dissemination
National processing centre
Statistical information frame for the State
Risk: Incoherent policy decisions & outcomes

14. Geography Statistical Spatial information frame
Constitutional Judgement:
Addresses for all
Investment: Allocation of addresses
Outcome: Integrated spatial information frame
Value add: Integrated GIS for the state
Risk: Duplication of GIS effort
Impact: Incoherent Spatial planning & development

15. Value add through research and integration Statistical tools
e.g. SAM, GAF, ZIPf
Integrated policy research and analysis
Investment: Statistical expertise for increased knowledge and insight in planning, policy development and monitoring policy outcomes
Value add:
Identify inefficiencies in the system
Risk: Incoherent policy decisions & outcomes

16. Overview:
SUT: An annual industry by product matrix showing what product are supplied by each industry for use by same or other industry
GAF: Provides periodic scenarios for improving incomes through labour productivity, labour absorption and terms of trade
SAM: Identifies beneficiaries of policy outcomes
NA: Provides value add on 10 industries and 300 sectors quarterly
Uses space periodically as a unifying tool of plans, policy actions and outcomes

17. Legislative reform Statistical coordination mechanisms
Statistical geography
Statistical coordination mechanisms
Legislative
reform
Data revolution
State wide statistical service
Institutional arrangements and protocols

18. FINANCIAL standing Historical cost cutting measures
Finance Control Committee: oversee daily request
1. Travel and subsistence
2. Advertising
3. Venues
4. Stationary and printing
5. Strategic sourcing including negotiating lower prices
6. Fieldwork:
transport allowances,
accommodation,
rate of pay
FINANCIAL
standing
What have we done with the savings from vacancies
Strategic decision to fund priorities
1. IES/LCS
2. Master sample
3. Shortfall on devolution of funds

19. FINANCIAL impact CoE has been used to fund:
Key priority projects e.g. IES/LCS
Shortfall in goods and services
Devolution of funds
Y1: Management will take due care not to overspend on allocation of CoE (Y1 reduced by R107 million)
Y2: Reduction of further R57 million will impact on “warm bodies” – not within Stats SA’s ambit
FINANCIAL
impact

20. IMPACT on strategy IES/LCS Statistical Geographic Frame
Inability to reweight and rebase CPI
IMPACT
on strategy
Statistical Geographic Frame
Duplication of GIS efforts in the country will continue
GDP(Expenditure)
Inability to sustain investment made over the past 4 years
International Standard for Industrial Classification (ISIC4)
Credibility of official statistics will be challenged; Impact on risk rating; Accurate measurement of policy outcomes
Statistical coordination
Measurement of policy outcomes questionable
Innovation and modernisation agenda
Will loose gains made and efficiencies created in the system

21. Invitation

22. THANK YOU