. The Census Roambi application for smartphones was being expanded to other series that were produced, and changes were updated as information was released; . Indicated that, with regard to the definition of unemployment, South Africa followed the International Labour Organisation trends in terms of the official definition. The ILO definition did not take into account differences in legislation and methodology between countries. Within the South Africa context, the issue of self-definition became a factor. The amendments to the labour laws that were currently before Parliament would begin to address some of the differences in definition; . The Business Register project is collaboration between the South African Revenue Service (SARS), the Companies and Intellectual Property Commission (CIPC) and Stats SA, and that the CIPC experienced internal challenges, resulting in the delay. Stats SA indicated that this has to be a well co-ordinated effort from all three entities. There was an undertaking that the revised date for the finalisation of the Business Register would be communicated during the Stats SA Budget Vote debate; . The allegations from the senior staff member were investigated by a team of outside experts that were contracted by the Statistics Council, that reported directly to the Council. The Council addressed the claims publicly. The Stats Council is legislatively mandated to undertake a quality assurance process and this was competed to their satisfaction; . Explained that the qualified audit awarded to it in the previous financial year had been as a result of the inordinate volumes of transactions required for processing as a result of the Census 2011; . Indicated that it had put corrective measures in place to avoid a repeat of the qualified audit outcome received in the previous financial year, and were confident that proper financial governance would be restored; . Indicated that there are efforts underway to fill permanent positions within the establishment. It also indicated that outside consultants were carefully selected based on the work to be undertaken; . Indicated that statistics need credibility, the Act could be strengthened to include statistics agencies and companies not covered by the Act. It was also noted that while the Act gave the Statistician-General a great deal of power, it was important that these powers be supported by outputs with credibility; . For Stats SA to be competitive in the statistics it produces, it has to use the latest models in order to keep the statistics reliable and valid. In this regard, the current System of National Accounts and ISIC systems being used excluded newer areas for measurement in light of the changes in the global economy over the past two decades; . With regard to Stats SA's role in terms of the MDGs, they explained that they acted as the secretariat in terms of managing the qualitative information only; . Noted that while there had been no actual surveys, the current unemployment figures pointed to the potential impact of a youth wage subsidy; . Noted that while the meeting with the FFC had not taken place yet, it was aware that the Community Survey had not adequately dealt with the detail of municipal information as well as migration patterns. Regardless, there was an understanding that the outputs were still useful. It was also noted that the Acting Chairperson of the FFC had called for a proper census to be conducted every five years as required by the legislation. The committee was requested to provide guidance in this regard.