Census 2011 set for October

Census 2011 will provide government planners, policymakers and administrators with data on which to base their social and economic development plans and programmes.

Events leading up to the census

The second phase of a massive recruitment drive for Census 2011 will see 156 000 fieldworkers hired to undertake the country's population count. The recruitment for fieldwork positions - 6 000 census fieldwork coordinators, 30 000 supervisors and 120 000 fieldworkers - forms part of the final preparations in undertaking the biggest census South Africa has seen.

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