1. Presentation to Portfolio Committee
3rd quarter 2017/18
Statistician-General (Risenga Maluleke)

2. Content 3rd Quarter organisational and financial performance
Achievements per strategic outcome
Financial reality and impact
Key priorities looking ahead 2

3. Organisational performance Q3: 2017/18

4. Financial performance Q3: 2017/18

5. Expand the statistical information base
Key achievements against strategic outcomes in Q2
Informing a nation
Expand the statistical information base
Published 66 statistical releases and reports on the economy and society
Delays due to human resource constraints
SDDS requirements met for key statistical releases including GDP, Price statistics, Labour statistics, Manufacturing statistics and Population estimates
Commenced with 3-year project in partnership with the United Nations Statistics Division on ‘Natural Capital Accounting and Valuation of Ecosystem services. Purpose: To mainstream valuate ecosystem services in data driven decisions and policy making 4

6. Key achievements against strategic outcomes in Q2
Innovate the statistics value chain for better efficiency
Trusted statistics
Deliver better, faster and cheaper
From PAPI to CAPI
CAPI transition debriefing session held after pilot tests were done in the 3rd quarter
Testing of the new geospatial frame and the continuous population survey (CPS) will continue in 2018
Going ‘live’ is scheduled for April 2018
Increase use of statistics
Use of statistics
About visitor sessions to the website
About downloads for the 3rd quarter
Stats SA featured in more than 300 media articles/ broadcasts 5

7. Key achievements against strategic outcomes in Q2
Lead development and coordination of the national statistics system
Partners in statistics
Statistical production – national effort coordinated
Stats SA hosted Eurostat, in partnership with the AUC on the Snapshot tool used for National Statistics System assessments. Attended by more than 30 participants in SADC
Strengthen international collaboration and partnerships
Hosted IUSSP in October 2017 in Cape Town:
Brought together scientists, policy makers and practitioners from the global population community
More than 100 countries and participants
CRVS review in Africa and the way forward
4th Conference of African Ministers responsible for CRVS
Heads of NSO’s on accelerating CRVS systems 6

8. Key achievements against strategic outcomes in Q2
A capable organisation
Drive legislation reform
Review of the Statistics Act (6 of 1999)
Scenarios developed for institutional arrangements
Currently in consultation with the Stats Council
Invest in a sustainable statistical infrastructure
National footprint decentralised
Free State: visited primary schools on the role of statistics in society
Khayelitsha Senior Secondary school: use of science and geography and importance of subjects such as mathematics
KZN: Eradicate the fear of numbers (9 high schools participated and district municipality staff) 7

9. Key achievements against strategic outcomes in Q2
Statistical leadership
Invest in statistical leadership and capability
Future statistical leaders
Encouraging honours students from University of the North West: career opportunities in statistics
Partnering with Cape Peninsula University of Technology on Work Integrated Learning programme
Mentoring learners in partnership with ESKOM (category Mathematics and Statistics)
Building a united and diverse organisation
Adopted theme: Collective leadership
‘Learn a language’ campaign 8

10. 1 2 3 Financial reality The reality Cannot afford warm bodies
Critical posts gap increasing
Benchmarking: Canada,
R141 3
Cannot fund critical legally committed activities

11. Projected over expenditure
Goods & Services
R 13 million
Compensation of Employees
R 90 million
Benchmarking: Canada,
Total
R103 million 10

12. Key indicators at risks
GDP
IES/LCS – Poverty indicators
Consequence for
Economic growth
Consequence for
Socio-economic planning &
policy development
Determining the CPI basket
CPI
Employment
Key
Consequence for
Inflation targeting
Consequence for
Job creation
Indicators
at risk
POPULATION estimates
Fertility & Mortality
Consequence for
DoRA
Consequence for
Health policy & planning

13. Key priorities Maintain Basic statistics Modernise And Innovate
Restructure
and
Rationanalise
Value
Added
Products
Integrated Indicator Framework
Legislative
reform

14. Questions