The data is based on the national birth registration system at the Department of Home Affairs. It provides information on birth registrations and birth occurrences for 2012, as well as trends and patterns of recorded live births from 1992 in the registration and occurrence of births in South Africa.
The South Africa’s young children: their parents and home environment, 2012 report will also be release.
The report presents statistics on young children aged below five years in South Africa in 2012. It highlights the profile of biological parents and the home environment in which children are raised by addressing questions on: who are the young children in South Africa; what are the characteristics of mothers and fathers who raise their biological children; and under what material and physical conditions do young children live.
Members of the media are invited to a briefing as follows:
Date: Monday, 18 November 2013
Time: 11:00
Venue: GCIS Head Office, Tshedimosetso House, 1035 Francis Baard Street, Hatfield, Pretoria
NB: There will be a video link to the Imbizo Media Centre in Parliament, Cape Town.
RSVP by sending your details to:
Kgaugelo Motloutse
Cell: 073 464 6595
E-mail: kgaugelomo@statssa.gov.za
For media enquiries contact:
Sivuyile Mangxamba
Cell: 082 886 3707
E-mail: sivuyilem@statssa.gov.za
