Annual report 201718 Organisational overview Organisational performance Financial

Annual report 2017/18

Organisational overview Organisational performance Financial performance Looking ahead 4 1 2 3 Table of Contents

Organisational overview Vision Mission The South Africa I know The home I understand To lead and partner in statistical systems and products for evidence based decisions Values • Integrity • Service excellence • Empowering partnership 3

Organisational overview Roleplayers Strategic outcomes • Statistical production • Statistician-General • An informed nation • Statistical coordination • Reports to Minister in the Presidency • Trusted statistics • Stats Council advisory to Minister and SG • A capable organisation Stats Act • Provides for independence. • Partners in statistics • Statistical leadership 4

Organisational performance Not achieved Early 4% Late 12% 5% 88% Achieved 79% Achieved as scheduled 5

Statistical outputs: Published 265 statistical releases and reports on the economy & society • Highlights Digitalisation: • Conceptualised and tested transition from PAPI to CAPI Service delivery: • • • Responded to >95% of user requests 2 million website visitors 350 thousand documents downloaded Unqualified audit opinion: • • No audit finding on predetermined objectives Emphasis of matter: Over expenditure on Co. E 6

Financial performance R 2, 178 Billion allocation R 2, 196 Billion expenditure 101% Over expenditure 7

Financial performance Economic classification Transfers 1% Capital 14% Goods and services 23% Co. E [PERCENTA GE] Expenditure pattern 104% 96% 94% 89% Compensation of Employees Goods and services Transfers Capital 8

Financial performance Actual spending Goods & Services (saving) R 39 million Compensation of Employees R 57 million (overspent) Total (overspent – 101%) R 18 million 9

Financial performance Compensation of Employees 01 Shortfall on voted funds for Co. E: R 76 million 02 Shortfall reduced by R 19 – utilizing funds from CS 2016 (stopped filling vacancies since Oct 2016) (not baseline allocation) 03 Overall shortfall on Co. E: R 57 million 11

HR performance Filled posts by gender Filled posts by race 11

HR performance Vacancy rate by level 18, 0% 18, 5% 17, 7% 10, 5% Stats SA 13. 9% 2, 3% Levels 1 -2 Levels 3 -5 Levels 6 -8 Levels 9 -12 Levels 13 -16 Vacancy rate by programme

HR performance Disability: 36 staff (1. 2%) Women in SMS: 40. 9% Terminations: 104 New appointments: 1 (SG) Sick leave: on average 9 days per staff member 13

Stats SA @ risk 1 Increasing demand for statistical information • National • Continental • Global • Other 4 1 DEMAND 2 4 SUPPLY • Basic statistics at risk – declining quality over time • Discontinued integrative statistical products (valueadd) & environmental accounts products 2 3 BUDGET • Severe budget cuts • Warm bodies not affordable • IES/LCS not funded • Poverty estimates impacted • CPI basket 3 PEOPLE • 13, 9% vacancy rate • 104 staff left in 2017/18 • Staff over-stretched – may be exposed to errors 14

Looking ahead Finalise legislative reform Maintain quality of basic statistics Next 3 -years Census 2021 Census of Commercial Agriculture Integrated indicator framework Integrate, innovate & modernize business processes Strategy, resource and structure alignment 15