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Title: Statistics for Transparency, Accountability,


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Statistics for Transparency, Accountability,
Results and Transformation
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Mandate
  • Statistics fulfils a vital role as a decision
    support system
  • System of planning roadmap to achieve long-term
    goals
  • System of monitoring and evaluation to know and
    understand status of progress against goals and
    targets
  • 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
  • Produce official statistics
  • Coordinate the production of official and other
    statistics within the South African National
    Statistics System (SANSS)
  • Disseminate and be guarantor of use

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Risk map
GDP (1998)
Business Register (1998)
  • What was our response?
  • Did we act with speed?
  • Did these risks eventuate?
  • How have we mitigated these risks?

NSS (2001)
Risks (2001)
CPI basket (2001)
ICOTS (2003)
SASA (2005)
Labour statistics (2006)
Geography (2009)
Collection methods (2011)
Succession (2012)
Disseminate (2012)
Race discourse (2013)
Stats Act (2014)
Post 2015 - MDG (2014)
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Risks eventuated
  • CPI debacle in 2003
  • Impact Loss of credibility
  • Estimated R50 billion to government and R10
    billion to private sector

CPI basket (2001)
Risks (2001)
  • 2001 2005 qualified audit opinions
  • 2001/02 disclaimer

ICOTS SASA
  • 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

Disseminate (2012)
  • Failure of evidence to reach the audience
    indirectly leading to
  • Public protests
  • Loss of life
  • Loss of property
  • Wrong choices

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What have we done?
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Strategy map
A Better Life for All
Impact on Society
Economic growth transformation
Healthy life
Improved service delivery
People are feel safe
Decent jobs
Increased use of statistical information as
evidence in
Outcome Evidence for decisions
Decision- making
Policy development
Planning
Monitoring Evaluation
Employment
Finance
Education
Transport
Statistical products In space
Population
Mining
Agriculture
Service Delivery
Manufacturing
Trade
Construction
Utilities
Businesses processes
Statistical production
Statistical Coordination Support
Governance Administration
Statistical Frames
Invest in learning and growth
Technology Infrastructure
Organisation
People
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Investing in people
Schools level (Maths4Stats training of
teachers, Census_at_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)
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Statistical products
Understanding Economic growth transformation
171 releases
12 releases
Mining Quarrying
Manufacturing
18 releases
Trade
36 releases
25 releases
Business services
GDP
17 releases
15 releases
Finance
Quarterly
Construction
Annual
Electricity, Gas Water
13 releases
14 releases
Transport, storage communication
25 releases
Tourism
1 release
Agriculture, hunting, forestry fishing
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Statistical products
Understanding Price changes
Re-engineered PPI published In 2013
Introduced new CPI methodology in 2009
12 releases
12 releases
Producer Price Index
12 releases
Understanding Employment, Decent work and Job
creation
Introduced new QLFS methodology in 2008
Quarterly Employment Survey
Quarterly Labour Force Survey
4 releases
4 releases
Annual Report
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Statistical products
Understanding Poverty and Service Delivery
General Household Survey
Countrywide almost 85 of households had access
to electricity
Non-financial Survey of Municipalities
12 releases
Living Conditions Survey
Income Expenditure Survey
Understanding Education
Statistical system Partnering with Dept of Basic
Education Census of Schools (Limpopo Eastern
Cape)
Census 2011
General Household Survey
Quarterly Labour Force Survey
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Statistical products
Understanding Health
Mortality and Causes of Death
12 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
Statistical system Partnering with SAPS
Victims of Crime Survey
1 release
  • Statistical support to SAPS
  • Data quality policy on Crime Statistics
  • Statistical support and advice
  • Training in SASQAF

2 reports
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Statistical products
Census 2011
  • Key achievements
  • Released results 30 October 2012 (within 12
    months)
  • Various platforms Roambi, Mobi, other androids,
    web portal, cds, 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
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Strategic intent
A Better Life for All
Impact on Society
Economic growth transformation
Healthy life
Improved service delivery
People are feel safe
Decent jobs
Increased use of statistical information as
evidence in
Outcome Evidence for decisions
Decision- making
Policy development
Planning
Monitoring Evaluation
Employment
Finance
Education
Transport
Statistical products In space
Population
Mining
Agriculture
Service Delivery
Manufacturing
Trade
Construction
Utilities
Businesses processes
Statistical production
Statistical Coordination Support
Governance Administration
Statistical Frames
Invest in learning and growth
Technology Infrastructure
Organisation
People
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Invest in learning and growth
Statistical literate society (Schools level
Maths4Stats training of teachers, Census_at_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)
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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)
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Priorities
Urgent Dissemination and use (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 Maintain Improve 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
Museum value 100 years of statistical practice 20 years of statistics in democracy Geographic statistical areas Historical time series Innovate Invest Collection dissemination methods (including technology) Maths4Stats/Census_at_School Research development ISIbalo statistics training development programme
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START
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Statistics are numerical facts for statecraft
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Transparency is a pre-audit to ensure
predictability
Use
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Accountability is taking responsibility and
accepting consequences
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Results allow parties to read the same facts
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Transformation is action in unison to drive
change for the better
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Step change to START
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Use
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