THE first national Migration and Urbanisation Conference, which seeks to bring together stakeholders interested in the study of migration, kicks off today.
Hosted by the Department of Social Development and Statistics South Africa, the five-day virtual conference will establish a knowledge base of issues related to various aspects of migration and urbanisation to enable evidence to drive forward the drafting of policy and planning.
The effects of COVID-19 on international and national migration is an issue that will cut across all the conference themes.
In her opening address, Social Development Minister Lindiwe Zulu called on the conference participants to harness the prospect of people, public, private, civic, academic, and multilateral partnerships towards creatively unlocking the challenges of reliable and up to date population data that programme planners and implementers may access and use across all spheres of government.
“Resolving this challenge should strengthen our resolve for evidence-based policy and programme
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