Various officials from Stats SA and two members (Mr Ben Mphahlele (Chair) and Mr I Assam (Deputy Chair)) of the Statistics Council attended, the 60th ISI World Statistics Congress (WSC), which took place in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, during 26–31 July 2015 ‘to present, discuss, promote and disseminate research and best practices in every field Read more about ISI WORLD CONFERENCE REPORT: 26 – 31 JULY 2015: RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL[…]

The IUSSP International Population Conference is a major international event for scientists, policy makers and practitioners in the global population community to meet and address issues of common concern.  The Conference takes place once every four years, providing a unique forum for population experts to take stock of recent research on population trends and issues Read more about IUSSP Conference 2017[…]

The World Data Forum events that takes place every two years; and follows one of the main recommendations contained in the report entitled “A World That Counts”, presented in November 2014 by the United Nations Secretary-General’s Independent Expert and Advisory Group on Data Revolution for Sustainable Development. It is important to note that The Statistical Read more about First UN World Data Forum January 2017[…]