Chairperson, hon Minister, whilst the ACDP appreciates that it's still early days as far as judging the outcome of Census 2011 is concerned, it does appear to have been largely a successful operation. The critical question, obviously, is the degree of undercounting, and that we will only later ascertain. But one of your concerns expressed to this House was that people would not voluntarily participate in the count.
To what degree do you think that Stats SA and we as public representatives were successful in allaying concerns that the information collected would be kept confidential and that the census, apart from being a statutory obligation, as you pointed out, is in the interests of those being counted?
Lastly, hon Minister, we understand that eight census staff members tragically lost their lives during the census and we as the ACDP express our condolences to the families and friends of those deceased. Do you think that more could have been done to ensure the safety of enumerators, given those lives, the 10 staff members that were assaulted, the 15 robberies and seven cases of intimidation? Thank you, Chairperson.