Speaker, I move without notice:
That the House -
1) welcomes the release of the South Africa Census 2011 results;
2) notes that the results provide a profile of demographic trends in South Africa and their socioeconomic implications; 3) further notes that the results indicated that there were 51,770,560 people in the country as at October 9 2011, the date of the 2011 Census, compared to 44,819,778 counted a decade earlier;
4) acknowledges that the results highlight that close to 60 % of the population is under the age of 35 and that there are 25.2 million males and 26.6 million females;
5) recognises that from 1996 to 2011 there was a massive jump in the percentage of people using electricity as a main source for cooking from 45 % to 73 % between 1996 and 2011 and that 9 out of 10 South Africans now have access to running water;
6) further recognises that the 2011 Census showed major improvements in the provision of basic services, but indicated that there were still huge gaps to be overcome; and
7) calls on government departments to ensure timeous and faster service delivery.
Agreed to.