Work Programme - Statistics South Africa

2.4 Leading the development and coordination of statistical production within the South
African National Statistics System (SANSS)
South Africa has a system of national statistics with an array of role players. Key policy issues are wider than the
remit of any single government department and must be tackled on a government-wide basis. These cross-cutting issues
clearly indicate a need for a set of national statistics within a coordination framework where statistical units, data items,
The legal mandate for statistical coordination by the Statistician-General (and thus Stats SA) is derived from the Statistics
Act, (Act No. 6 of 1999). A national strategy for the development of statistics (NSDS) is necessary in order to fully
compiled in collaboration with partners in the SANSS.
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In terms of the Act, coordination of production involves:
Aligning the production of statistics by other organs of state to user needs to ensure relevance, and to avoid
duplication;
Integrating statistics in policy formulation processes to support development outcomes;
Providing technical support to organs of state that produce statistics; and
The SANSS is the organising framework for implementing statistical coordination. The SANSS will play a major role in
involves:
Engaging agencies across all three spheres of government to identify indicators necessary to measure delivery of
government programmes within the framework of the Monitoring and Evaluation system; and
Providing frameworks for assessing statistical capacity, developing skills in government agencies, and a one-stop shop
for users to access development indicators.
Strategic objective:
Lead the development and coordination of statistical production within the South African
National Statistics System (SANSS)
Objective statement:
coordination of statistical production among organs of state
Baseline: Number of organs of state receiving technical support and advice in statistical production: 10
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This objective will contribute to ensure relevance, alignment and avoid duplication of statistical
information by providing strategic direction to statistical development, coordinating statistical
production and statistical reporting
This objective will contribute to improving the measurement of the economy and society
the South Africa I know, the home I understand