{"id":4644,"date":"2011-10-12T14:54:01","date_gmt":"2011-10-12T12:54:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/10\/public-urged-to-verify-identity-of-census-2011-workers\/"},"modified":"2011-10-12T14:54:01","modified_gmt":"2011-10-12T12:54:01","slug":"public-urged-to-verify-identity-of-census-2011-workers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/public-urged-to-verify-identity-of-census-2011-workers\/","title":{"rendered":"Public Urged to Verify Identity of Census 2011 workers"},"content":{"rendered":"

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South Africa Census 2011<\/p>\n

Statistics South Africa (Stats SA) has appealed to the public to ensure that the people they allow into their homes during Census 2011 are indeed enumerators.<\/p>\n

Reacting to reports that two men robbed a house in Johannesburg on Monday after they posed as Census enumerators, Stats SA spokesperson Trevor Oosterwyk said the public could verify the identity of enumerators before inviting them into their homes.<\/p>\n

He said Census enumerators could be identified by the yellow t-shirts and shirts, black caps and their identity cards, which will contain a hologram to protect the cards from counterfeited.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf the public are not certain that the people who knock on their doors are from Census, they should call 0800 110 248 to verify the enumerator\u2019s details,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

According to reports, two men gained entry to a house in Kensington after posing as Census officials. They allegedly robbed the owner at gunpoint, and got away with R5 000 and a gun firearm.<\/p>\n

Oosterwyk said Monday\u2019s robbery was the only incident he was aware of.<\/p>\n

Census 2011 kicked off on Monday runs until 31 October. \u2013 BuaNews<\/p>\n

Editor\u2019s Notes:<\/strong> According to security \u2018experts\u2019 there are two questions that you \u2018have to\u2019 answer: \u2018How many people stay on your premises\u2019 and \u2018What each of those people classify themselves as in terms of race\u2019.<\/p>\n

The official Stats SA guidelines says:<\/p>\n