Work Programme - Statistics South Africa

8. Over the medium term, the main goal of this priority is to ensure that
our foreign relations contribute to the creation of an environment conducive to economic growth and domestic development
promoting Southern African Development Community (SADC) regional integration, strengthening South-South relations
and pursuing a developmental and investment-oriented approach to engagements with the North, are key aspects related
to this priority.
9. Like the rest of the world, we are vulnerable to the impacts of climate
approach to illegal and unsustainable exploitation of resources, supporting local and sustainable food production, promoting
10. In the previous mandate period, government
committed itself to improving the capacity of the state for growth and development. This remains a priority. Whilst progress
institutions such as the judiciary, legislatures and the executive branch of government, and weak planning capacity across
the three spheres of government. As we strive to overcome these hurdles, our long-term goal is still to build an effective
and accountable state, and to foster active citizenship.
as evidence plays centre stage in decision-making. Statistical measurement has to adapt to these new challenges and
provide a credible raft of indices, indicators and information that increases the knowledge platforms, creates possibilities
for understanding, and tackles challenges of development over time and space, creating economic, environmental and
social values. These phenomenal developments are possible when evidence systems – and in particular statistics – are
a burning platform for transforming society. Statistics and a developmental state are coterminous concepts.
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