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Statistics for Transparency, Accountability,
Results and Transformation
The South Africa I know, the home I understand
Mandate
Statistics fulfils a vital role as a decision support system
o System of planning – roadmap to achieve long-term goals
o System of monitoring and evaluation – to know and understand
status of progress against goals and targets
o System of evidence and accountability for the state:
 Informs planning and policy development
 Monitors progress and evaluate performance
 Communicate the efficacy of the development agenda
 Enable citizens the right/entitlement to participate in democracy
Stats SA has the statutory mandate to:
o Produce official statistics
o Coordinate the production of official and other statistics within the
South African National Statistics System (SANSS)
o Disseminate and be guarantor of use
The South Africa I know, the home I understand
Risk map
Business
Register
(1998)
GDP
(1998)
NSS
(2001)
ICOTS
(2003)
Risks
(2001)
CPI basket
(2001)
SASA
(2005)
Labour
statistics
(2006)
Collection
methods
(2011)
Disseminate
(2012)
Race
discourse
(2013)
Post 2015 MDG
(2014)
The South Africa I know, the home I understand
• What was our response?
• Did we act with speed?
• Did these risks eventuate?
Geography
(2009)
Succession
(2012)
Stats Act
(2014)
• How have we mitigated
these risks?
Risks eventuated
CPI basket
(2001)
Risks
(2001)
ICOTS &
SASA
Disseminate
(2012)
• CPI debacle in 2003
• Impact: Loss of credibility
• Estimated R50 billion to government and R10 billion to
private sector
• 2001 – 2005 qualified audit opinions
• 2001/02 disclaimer
• Failure to impact on maths teaching and appreciation at schools
• Levels of statistical competence among Blacks and Coloureds still
leaving a lot to be desired
• Failure of evidence to reach the audience indirectly leading to:
o Public protests
o Loss of life
o Loss of property
o Wrong choices
The South Africa I know, the home I understand
What have we done?
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Strategy map
Impact
on
Society
A Better Life for All
Decent
jobs
People are &
feel safe
Increased use of statistical information as evidence in:
Outcome:
Evidence for
decisions
Statistical
products
In space
Invest in
Businesses
learning
processes
and growth
Healthy
life
Policy
development
Planning
Decisionmaking
Monitoring &
Evaluation
Employment
Finance
Mining
Manufacturing
Statistical Frames
The South Africa I know, the home I understand
Organisation
Education
Transport
Population
Agriculture
Trade
Utilities
Statistical
production
Construction
Statistical
Coordination & Support
Technology &
Infrastructure
Service
Delivery
Governance &
Administration
People
Investing in people
Schools level (Maths4Stats – training of teachers,
Census@School – school curriculum adopted)
Tertiary level (KZN, Stellenbosch, Wits, UCT)
Inside Stats SA (Internship, e-learning, bursaries,
leadership training, statistical training )
Empowering partners in the NSS & Continent
(Certificate in official statistics, Statistical methodology)
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Governance & Administration
Unqualified audit
Improved systems, processes & policies
(E.g. Invoice Tracking System; ICT governance framework)
Integrated planning and reporting
(Programme & project planning & reporting)
Management systems
(Use of Management Performance Assessment Tool)
Enterprise risk management
(Strategic and Operational risks)
The South Africa I know, the home I understand
Statistical products
Understanding Economic growth & transformation
Manufacturing
Business services
18 releases
25 releases
Mining &
Quarrying
12 releases
Trade
36 releases
171
releases
GDP
Construction
Transport, storage &
communication
Agriculture,
hunting, forestry
& fishing
15 releases
Finance
17 releases
14 releases
Electricity,
Gas & Water
13 releases
Tourism
25 releases
1 release
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Quarterly
Annual
Statistical products
Understanding Price changes
Introduced
new CPI
Re-engineered
Consumer Price Index
12 releases
methodology
in 2009
Producer Price Index
12 releases
12 releases
PPI published
In 2013
Understanding Employment, Decent work and Job creation
Quarterly Labour Force
Survey
4 releases
Annual
Report
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Quarterly Employment
Survey
4 releases
Introduced
new QLFS
methodology
in 2008
Statistical products
Understanding Poverty and Service Delivery
General Household Survey
Countrywide almost
85% of households
had access to
electricity
1 Release
1 Release
Non-financial Survey of Municipalities
12 releases
Living Conditions Survey
3 Release
Income & Expenditure Survey
1 Release
Understanding Education
Census 2011
General Household Survey
Quarterly Labour Force Survey
The South Africa I know, the home I understand
Statistical system:
Partnering with
Dept of Basic
Education
Census of Schools
(Limpopo &
Eastern Cape)
Statistical products
Understanding Health
Mortality and Causes of Death
1 Release
12 releases
16 releases
Other Vital statistics
Tuberculosis has been the leading
cause of death over the past 10 years
Statistical support to Department of Health
Understanding Crime
1 release
2 reports
Victims of Crime Survey
Statistical support to SAPS:
o Data quality policy on Crime Statistics
o Statistical support and advice
o Training in SASQAF
The South Africa I know, the home I understand
Statistical system:
Partnering with
SAPS
Statistical products
Census 2011
Key achievements
Released results: 30 October 2012
(within 12 months)
Various platforms: Roambi, Mobi,
other androids, web portal, cd’s, print
Key products:
- My Ward, My Councillor
- Digital Atlas
- My Village, My Suburb (Ikaya)
- Umkhanyakude (new data portal)
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Statistical coordination
Addressing the information gap
Census of Schools, data mining , integrative statistical and
geographical products, engaging experts and researchers,
MDG process
Addressing the quality gap
SASQAF
Statistical support and advice to various organs of state
including SAPS, provincial governments, municipalities,
Home Affairs, Transport, DPME, Tourism
Addressing the skills gap
CRUISE, E-learning, training in statistical competencies,
training municipalities in use of statistical products
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Communicate, Disseminate and Use
Communicate
Communicated results; created good public awareness of
the organisation and products; trained media
Disseminate
Created various platforms for dissemination to increase
access (Umkhanyakude, Roambi etc)
Use
Developed specialised products (My ward, My Councillor etc)
ISIbalo Annual Symposia and ISIbalo Annual Lecture Series
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Impact on Society
Increased knowledge, understanding and use by the leadership,
citizens and state
Used in the planning environment?
(baseline information for NDP)
Used in the monitoring and evaluation environment?
(measuring development and impact)
Increased statistical literacy?
(increasing rationale for making decisions)
Results used for transparency and accountability?
(Statistics for Transparency, Accountability, Results and
Transformation)
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Going forward
The South Africa I know, the home I understand
Strategic intent
Impact
on
Society
A Better Life for All
Decent
jobs
People are &
feel safe
Increased use of statistical information as evidence in:
Outcome:
Evidence for
decisions
Statistical
products
In space
Invest in
Businesses
learning
processes
and growth
Healthy
life
Policy
development
Planning
Decisionmaking
Monitoring &
Evaluation
Employment
Finance
Mining
Manufacturing
Statistical Frames
The South Africa I know, the home I understand
Organisation
Education
Transport
Population
Agriculture
Trade
Utilities
Statistical
production
Construction
Statistical
Coordination & Support
Technology &
Infrastructure
Service
Delivery
Governance &
Administration
People
Invest in learning and growth
Statistical literate society (Schools level:
Maths4Stats – training of teachers, Census@School –
Adopt a school)
Statistical and technical competency
(Tertiary level: KZN, Stellenbosch, Wits, UCT et)
Institution building
(Strategy, governance and accountability = predictable &
sustainable)
Statistical leadership and management
(Fundamental principles of Official Statistics,
Charter on Statistics in Africa and legislative reform)
The South Africa I know, the home I understand
Statistical production, coordination & use
Frames (Business register; Geospatial Information Frame)
Standards and classification (SNA 2008; SEEA
2012; NCA; ISIC4; SASQAF )
Statistical production (innovative collection methods
- CPS; GDP expenditure approach; Large scale Community
Survey; small area estimation)
Statistical coordination
(SAPS; Education; CRVS; Municipalities, certification)
Communication, dissemination and use
(Outreach, Technology; engage & train users)
The South Africa I know, the home I understand
Priorities
Urgent
Maintain & Improve
• Dissemination and use
• Price statistics
• Economic growth and transformation statistics
• Population statistics
• Financial statistics
• Employment statistics (harmonisation)
• Governance and management information
systems
• Quality and methodology
• International statistical development & support
(levers: municipalities and schools)
• Community Survey /Continuous Population Survey
(Income and expenditure, poverty, service delivery information)
• GDP: Expenditure side
• Frames (business register, spatial info frame, master sample)
• Legislative review (policy document & Amendment Bill)
• Designate statistics as official (SASQAF)
• Statistical coordination (NSDS, Administrative records –
Education, SAPS, Agriculture)
• International standards (SNA2008; ISIC4; SEEA)
• Post 2015 Agenda (MDGs)
• New building
Museum value
Innovate & Invest
• 100 years of statistical practice
• 20 years of statistics in democracy
• Geographic statistical areas
• Historical time series
• Collection & dissemination methods
The South Africa I know, the home I understand
(including technology)
•Maths4Stats/Census@School
• Research & development
• ISIbalo statistics training & development
programme
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Statistics are numerical facts for statecraft
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Transparency is a pre-audit to ensure
predictability
Accountability is taking responsibility and
accepting consequences
Results allow parties to read the same facts
Transformation is action in unison to drive
change for the better
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Step change to START
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