Stats SA defends the validity of its census
Concerns raised by scientists over accuracy of population count ‘are unfounded’
11 July 2024 - 19:54
UPDATED 15 July 2024 - 10:59
Stats SA has defended the quality of the country’s latest census, saying concerns raised by scientists earlier this week are “unfounded and misleading”.
On Wednesday the Medical Research Council sounded the alarm about Census 2022, releasing a technical report that indicated it was so flawed (https://www.businesslive.co.za/bd/national/2024-07-11-scientists-slam-stats-sas-2022-census-as-work-of-fiction/) that the government could not rely on it for resource allocation or monitoring key programmes...
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