Deputy Speaker, Statistics SA has announced the date of the third national census since the advent of democracy in South Africa. Statistics SA will deploy 120 officials, dressed in yellow bibs, across the country to document all people, including illegal immigrants and the homeless, from 10 October to 31 October 2011. As part of these preparations for the census, Statistics SA is currently conducting countrywide "dress rehearsals" between 10 October and 31 October 2010.
The real census of 2011 will consist of three questionnaires; one for households, one for institutions and one for people in transit. The census is vital, as it also enables the government to cross-check administrative systems that register events such as births and deaths, and it provides the basis for other important surveys that inform decision-making at government level, such as the labour force survey, the demographic and health survey and the general household survey.
Therefore, as the ANC we urge all South Africans to stand up and be counted. Be part of the South Africa we know and be part of South Africa our home. Thank you. [Applause.]