Work Programme - Statistics South Africa

In 2010 the Council recommended approval of the 5-year Strategic Plan 2010/11–2014/15. This
The expansion of the domain of statistical production and thereby increasing the supply of
Addressing the statistical information gap through an integrated system of production, which
Statistics Act (Act No. 6 of 1999);
of state; and
Development of statistical skills and statistical capacity, not only in Stats SA, but also
amongst all organs of state that have a responsibility to produce statistics.
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Council considered the Work Programme for 2012/13 in terms of section 5(1)(a) of the Statistics Act
(Act No. 6 of 1999), which states that: ‘The minister must, on recommendation of the Statistician-
General, prioritise the work programme of Statistics South Africa in accordance with the purpose
In recommending approval of the Work Programme to the Minister and the Statistician-General,
Council raised a number of concerns. The main concern is that, given the budget allocation provided
for Stats SA in terms of the Medium Term Expenditure Framework (MTEF), Stats SA will not be
able to implement its programme to achieve the objectives of the 5-year strategic plan. In this
work programme, the following activities and plans that support the objective to expand statistical
production are not funded:
The implementation of the 2008 System of National Accounts (SNA 2008) and the
associated activities of the implementation of the International Standard for Industrial
those of our major trading partners;
Expanding the capacity of Stats SA to compile GDP estimates from all three approaches of
production, income and expenditure;
The Living Conditions Survey, which is the key survey to provide insights into the status
services used to measure CPI earlier as was anticipated, and this will now only be adjusted
based on the Income and Expenditure Survey to be conducted in 2015/16;
Developing and implementing a strategy for independent estimates of agriculture that informs
economic growth and rural development, food security and land reform;
Compilation of the environmental economic accounts, which measures sustainable resource
management; and
infrastructure that supports national, provincial and local surveys.