National Council lawmaker Paulus Mbangu has called for an urgent review of the 2023 Population and Housing Census Report, released by the Namibia Statistics Agency (NSA) last month, due to what he termed "serious" concerns over its accuracy and clarity.
The Namibian Statistics Agency (NSA) has finally completed its 2023 Population and Housing Census fieldwork.
The agency began the process on September 18, 2023, and concluded it with the post-enumeration survey, including the reconciliation field visit on February 14, 2023.
Officials from the Namibia Statistics Agency (NSA) will be returning to the households in February as part of the final phase of the Post-Enumeration Survey Reconciliation exercise.
The National Assembly Speaker, Professor Peter Katjavivi, has emphasised that accurate information obtained through the ongoing census exercise will be vital for lawmakers when passing legislation.
The Namibian Statistics Agency says it is ready to conduct the Population and Housing Census.
NSA's Stastician General Alex Shimuafeni explains who will be counted during the Census Reference Night of the 24th.
Transport service providers in the 2023 Population and Housing Census are urged to report to their constituency offices, where their vehicles are allocated, from September 16 to 17.
Although the deadline is today, the NSA says those who have not reported yet will not be turned away.
Youth in Tsumkwe maintain their protest over the census candidate list and demand answers.
Some residents who reside in the Windhoek Rural Constituency have threatened to unleash dogs on Census enumerators who do not speak the indigenous languages of the people in those areas.
As the nation gears itself for the imminent Population and Housing Census exercise, Otjozondjupa Governor James Uerikua has voiced concern over private farm owners that act as "mini republics" and deny officials access to the workers employed on their premises.
The census for agriculture is scheduled to take place between the 2025 and 2026 agricultural seasons.
Gaps and scattered data in the agriculture sector have prompted the appropriate development of statistical strategies.
