South Africa’s census journey has come a long way since the country’s first democratic population count in 1996. As Statistics South Africa and the UN Population Fund mark 30 years of Census, leaders from across SADC are reflecting on how population data has evolved from traditional counting methods to the first digital census in 2022, and what this means for leaving no one behind.

GUEST: Solly Molayi - Acting DDG: Population and Social Stats at Statistics SA