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1 Book 1 Annual Report2015/16 STATISTICS A CONDUIT OF TRUSTSTATISTICS SOUTH AFRICASTATS SA Statistics South Africa Private Bag X44 Pretoria 0001 Koch Street, Salvokop Pretoria 0002 User information services: (012) 310 8600 Fax: (012) 310 8500 Main switchboard: (012) 310 8911 Fax: (012) 310 7381 Website: Email: Annual Report 2015/16 Book 1 Statistics South Africa, 2016 Pali Lehohla, Statistician-General Annual report 2015/ 2016 (Book 1) / Statistics South Africa Published by Statistics South Africa, Private Bag X44, Pretoria 0001 Statistics South Africa, 2016 Users may apply or process this data, provided Statistics South Africa ( STATS SA) is acknowledged as the original source of the data.

2 That it is specified that the application and/or analysis is the result of the user s independent processing of the data; and that neither the basic data nor any reprocessed version or application thereof may be sold or offered for sale in any form whatsoever without prior permission from STATS SA. Annual Report 2015/ 2016 (Book 1) / Statistics South Africa. Pretoria: Statistics South Africa, 2016 253pp. ISBN 978-0-621-44614-2 RP RP150/ 2016 i. Annual reports Statistics South Africa ii. Series (LCSH 16) A complete set of STATS SA publications is available at STATS SA Library and the following libraries.

3 National Library of South Africa, Pretoria Division National Library of South Africa, Cape Town Division Library of Parliament, Cape Town Bloemfontein Public Library Natal Society Library, Pietermaritzburg Johannesburg Public Library Eastern Cape Library Services, King William s Town Central Regional Library, Polokwane Central Reference Library, Nelspruit Central Reference Collection, Kimberley Central Reference Library, Mmabatho This report is available on the STATS SA website: Copies are obtainable from: Printing and Distribution, Statistics South Africa Tel: (012) 310 8093 Email: Tel: (012) 310 8619 (free publications) Email: Contents Section 1: General information 3 Section 2: Performance information 29 Section 3: Governance 101 Section 4: Human resource information 111 Section 5.

4 Financial information 145 List of abbreviations and acronyms 245 Submission of the report to the executive authority Minister JT Radebe It is my pleasure to submit the 2015/16 Annual Report of Statistics South Africa for the period 1 April 2015 to 31 March 2016 , in compliance with section 7(2)(c) of the Statistics Act, 1999 (Act No. 6 of 1999), section 40(1)(d)(i) of the Public Finance Management Act, 1999 (Act No. 1 of 1999), and in accordance with section 18 of the Treasury Regulations. PJ Lehohla Statistician-General General informationSection 1Mr JT Radebe (MP)Minister in the Presidency: Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation 5 1.

5 Foreword by the Minister Honourable Members of Parliament, fellow South Africans and the world, I present to you the report of Statistics South Africa for the reporting period 2015/ 2016 . As a conduit of trust, statistics enjoins peoples and nations, businesses and governments. It is the basis for South Africa's narrative that emerged from the past year and helps us understand the difficult immediacy of our times, but also projects into the future on our journey. The report provides an insight into the substantive run-of-the-mill series that Statistics South Africa churns out every working day to those who are knee-deep in the task of policymaking and implementation across the broad spectrum of private sector, government and the NGO community.

6 The report informs us about the high-quality reports about where South Africans live, work and play, and their living conditions, including poverty, crime, education and employment. Importantly, Statistics South Africa targeted eight priority projects that would dramatically change the practice of statistics into the far future. In the area of technology, STATS SA has boldly taken steps to transform itself in how it collects data. Through the Citizen Satisfaction Survey (CSS) conducted in KwaZulu-Natal, STATS SA used tablet technology and waved bye-bye to paper, pencil and pen.

7 With the successful implementation of the CSS, STATS SA was emboldened and delivered the Community Survey in June this year. Earlier in June, STATS SA took over the expenditure side of the Gross Domestic Product from the South African Reserve Bank. Conscious of the fact that South Africa seeks to implement the National Development Plan (NDP), STATS SA has responded to this shift by introducing statistical tools and data that will inform a planned system in addition to producing statistics that support business cycles.

8 STATS SA deserves better and in this regard, the new home for this institution is now ready for occupation. Located at Freedom Park, STATS SA shall deepen our democracy by continuing to produce high-quality statistics from this new and state-of-the-art home. The building also represents the fastest public private partnership (PPP) that hitherto has been delivered. STATS SA is well governed. Despite undertaking these three major projects, STATS SA continues to receive clean audits, delivering evidence that government can run and deliver on big projects.

9 Mr JT Radebe (MP) Minister in the Presidency: Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation Mr MB MphahleleChairperson: Statistics Council 7 2. Foreword by the Chairperson of the Statistics Council The world is experiencing a steep increase in the demand for statistics that is driven by global initiatives for the improvement of its citizens. The demand for poverty reduction strategy papers by the Bretton Woods Institution from clients and prospective client countries, the 2015 United Nations Millennium Development Goals and the 2030 United Nations Sustainable Development Goals contributed to the global increase in the demand for statistics.

10 On the continent, initiatives such as the Abuja Treaty for the Development of an African Economic Community, the Regional Integration Strategies, and the Africa Agenda 2063 also served to contribute to the escalation in the demand for statistics on the continent. It is evident that evidence-based decision-making and monitoring and evaluation have graduated into a mantra of the global development agenda. The 2004 Marrakech Action Plan for Statistics and the 2011 Busan Action Plan for Statistics constituted some of the global initiatives at responding to the demand for statistics and the need for the improvement of development statistics.