1. Annual Report: 2009/10

2. Content Organisational Performance Financial Performance
Statistical information
Improving quality of products and services
Statistical coordination and partnerships
Building human capacity
Financial Performance
Financial statement
Improving governance
Millennium Development Goals
Census 2011

3. Performance information

4. Statistical information
Role of statistics towards evidence-based decision-making
Society needs basic macro economic and social information to inform decision-making in public and private sector
Economic growth
Price stability
Employment and job creation
Life circumstances, service delivery and poverty
Demographic profile and population dynamics

5. Economic Growth
Development Outcome: Create decent employment through inclusive economic growth
Output
Performance
Statistical information on the primary, secondary, tertiary and transport sectors
Short-term indicators: Monthly, quarterly and annual series published as scheduled
Large sample surveys: 7 series commenced as scheduled. Publications on Agriculture and Accommodation published late.
Statistical information on the financial performance of private and public spending
Financial statistics: Quarterly and annual series published as scheduled
Periodic integrative research reports on the economy
Economic analysis and research: 12 research reports completed as scheduled. 2 delayed
Statistical information about the level of economic activity
Key priority: Benchmark and rebase annual GDP estimates - achieved
Quarterly and annual GDP published as scheduled
Improvements:
Increasing attention paid to deflators (the process of converting nominal values to constant), seasonal adjustment methods, maintaining good time series data, improvement of product capability,

6. Price Stability
Development Outcome: Create decent employment through inclusive economic growth
Output
Performance
Statistical information on consumer price changes
Consumer Price Index (CPI): Published as scheduled
Statistical information on producer price changes
Key priority: Commenced with the review of the PPI
Producer Price Index (PPI): Published as scheduled
Five-yearly statistical information on Income and expenditure trends
Income and Expenditure Survey (IES): Pilot conducted as scheduled
Improvements/ Challenges:
Develop a suite of independent PPI’s over a period of several years
Review and improve on several areas in the CPI incorporating international trends such as quality adjustment of products, enhanced satellite surveys of housing, health and domestic workers wages
Gearing up for a new round of reweighting and rebasing of the CPI

7. Employment and job creation
Development Outcome: Create decent employment through inclusive economic growth
Output
Performance
Statistical information on the labour market
Quarterly Labour Force Survey (QLFS): Published as scheduled
Statistical information on employment and earnings
Quarterly Employment Survey (QES): Published as scheduled
Improvements:
QLFS: Introduced supplementary modules to measure
Employers and the self-employed
Earnings
QLFS: Developed and tested supplementary module to measure
Expanded public works programme
Key challenge is better integration between QES and QLFS

8. Life circumstances, service delivery and poverty
Development Outcomes:
Create sustainable human settlements and improved quality of household life
Build a responsive, accountable, effective and efficient local government system
Output
Performance
Periodic statistical information on poverty in South Africa in multiple dimensions
Key priority: Living Conditions Survey data collection completed in October as scheduled
Statistical information on the life circumstances of South Africans
General Household Survey(GHS): Published late
Statistical information on service delivery in municipalities
Non-financial Census on municipalities (QES): Published early
Improvements/ Challenges:
Analytical capability remains a challenge

9. Demographic profile and population dynamics
Development Outcomes:
Create sustainable human settlements and improved quality of household life
Build a responsive, accountable, effective and efficient local government system
Improve healthcare and life expectancy among all South Africans
Develop vibrant, equitable and sustainable rural communities that contribute to adequate food supply
Improve the quality of basic education
Output
Performance
Statistical and demographic information on population dynamics at all levels
Key priority: Population Census 2011
Census pilot conducted in November 2009
Demographic profile, population projections and estimates
Population projections published as scheduled
Statistical information on vital registrations
Annual and monthly publications: 13 published as scheduled; 4 delayed
Improvements/ Challenges:
Recent MDG report has shown gaps in demographic and health data
Cooperation of the public to open doors to be counted

10. Improving statistical products and services
Output
Performance
Updated sample frame for the collection of social statistics
Key priority: 53% Dwelling frame completed – not achieved at municipal level
Dwelling frame: Collected 9.4 million points (68%)
Updated sample frame for the collection of economic statistics
Business register: Common sampling frame compiled as scheduled
Quality management
SASQAF toolkit and operational standards and guidelines developed. Training conducted.
Statistical standards and definitions reviewed developed
Monitoring and evaluation of statistical series
PES for pilot census conducted as scheduled
M&E framework developed
Improved data governance
Data management strategy, policy and standards not developed as scheduled. Scope increased to include business modernisation.
Improvements/Challenges:
Single integrated business registration system: Slow progress made on the intergovernmental project between SARS, Stats SA, National Treasury and the dti
Statistical support provided to CIPRO in terms of data analysis and quality improvement
SASQAF gazetted as a quality assessment framework for statistical production …

11. Statistical coordination and partnerships
Output
Performance
Participation in SADC, Africa and the World
Key priority: Hosted ISI2009 successfully
Statistical development initiatives in Africa: ASSD, SHASA
South African National Statistics System
NSDS – not achieved. Focus on developing a new strategic direction - Production of official and other statistics for evidence based decisions.
10 partners trained in SASQAF
Department of Science and Technology assessed against SASQAF; declared official
Technical support to Education in compiling statistical standards; Technical reports on quality of data by partners
Stakeholder relations management, marketing and communication
Increased accessibility and usage of statistical products: 5,7 million visitor sessions and approximately publications downloaded
Challenges:
Addressing the information gap, quality gap and skills gap in the South African National Statistics System (SANSS)

12. Building human capacity
Output
Performance
Statistical literacy at schools level
188 Maths4Stats workshops across the country
Partnerships with tertiary institutions
Chair at University of Stellenbosch established to promote urban and regional statistics
Building capacity within Stats SA
Internship programme
Accreditation for certificate programme obtained
Management and leadership training programme
Statistical training programme
Participating in statistical development initiatives in Africa
ISIbalo: A legacy project for statistical development in Africa established (beneficiaries: Stats SA staff, NSS partners, SADC and other African countries)
Initiatives:
Foreign study programme: Tanzania, Uganda and Ivory Coast

13. Financial information

14. Audit statement Opinion: Clean Audit – 4th consecutive year
3 Emphasis of matters
Actions taken to address emphasis of matters:
Additional controls for overtime approval have been implemented
In the process of developing an early warning system to monitor damages to vehicles
Material underspent reported:
Roll-over received: R96,888 for Census 2011
Revised underspent: R62,505

15. Financial Statement: 2009/10
2008/09
Funds not
Final
Actual funds
requested/
Appropriation
appropriation
received
not received
Programmes
R'000
Administration
438,737
404,994
33,743
384,947
160,303
370,153
Economic Statistics
164,240
160,523
3,717
137,748
151,512
143,084
Population and Social Statistics
640,599
677,073
(36,474)
390,518
254,413
392,978
Methodology and Standards
54,757
55,807
(1,050)
44,737
34,525
48,394
Statistical Support and Informatics
239,261
215,678
23,583
239,894
116,671
239,103
Corporate Relations
177,580
164,689
12,891
125,546
129,678
Total
1,715,174
1,678,764
36,410
1,323,390
717,424

16. Improving governance Output Performance
Planning, reporting and monitoring
Performance audit: no findings on performance information
33 staff members trained in project management
Corporate governance
Introduced new risk management system to ensure effective risk management
Financial management
Clean audit – 3 Emphasis of matters
Human resource management
Vacancy rate: 18%
Staff turnover: 1,1%
Staff with disabilities: 1,4%
Women in SMS positions: 40,2%
Facilities management & Logistics
Relocation of Stats SA - Salvakop
Initiatives and Improvements:
Aligned and integrated strategic and operational planning, reporting and monitoring
Invoice tracking system and Commitments Authorisation Schedule Tool were developed and implemented currently moved to payment of 97% suppliers within 30 days
Bi-annual asset verification introduced

17. Millennium Development Goals

18. MDGs – A national effort
Role of Stats SA
MDGs – A national effort
Coordinate statistical production for data provision
National coordination committee
Joint working groups
Make MDGs relevant to South Africa via –
National Methodology Workshop
Domesticating indicators and setting targets
Consultation with Civil Society and other stakeholders
Data quality assurance
Coordinate compilation of MDG country report
Disseminate
The South Africa I know, the home we understand

19. Census 2011 : You count!

20. Population Census 2011 – A national effort
Biggest mobilisation during times of peace
Most comprehensive source of evidence on intervention programmes
Central to evidence based policy- and decision-making
Biggest conversation amongst South Africans
The South Africa we know, the home we understand

21. Population Census 2011 – A national effort
What is expected from the public:
Open your heart and house
Mobilize and encourage your community to participate
Fly the census-flag
Answer to the census-taker
You Count
The South Africa we know, the home we understand

22. Population Census 2011 – A national effort
Census 2011 Countdown days
Launch of the 365 days Countdown to Census 2011
Countdown clock unveiled
We received considerable media coverage
Provincial launches continuing
Census 2011 Dress Rehearsal currently in field
World Statistics Day
Theme: Celebrating the Many Achievements of Official Statistics
Service, integrity, professionalism
The South Africa we know, the home we understand

23. Census campaign October 2010 January –April 2011 June – Sept 2011
Launch count down
Partnerships & mass awareness and education
Inspire action & get to know your enumerator
Census Enumeration
Thank you
October 2010
January –April 2011
June –
Sept 2011
October 2011
Nov 2011
The South Africa we know, the home we understand

24. Role of Public representatives in Census 2011
Population Census 2011 – A national effort
Parliamentarians, religious leaders, traditional authorities etc - the ambassadors for Census 2011 (non partisan):
Assist in public mobilization
Assist Stats SA in accessing the “hard-to-count” areas
Promote the use of official statistics
Promote the benefits to the public
Problem resolution on the ground
Be carriers of the Census Brand (like we did with the World Cup)
Hold Stats SA to account
Resources deployed
Output of Census 2011
The South Africa we know, the home we understand

25. - Thank you -
The South Africa we know, the home we understand