Be counted or go to prisonBe counted or go to jail. This is the message from Stats SA to South Africans who refuse to be counted in Census 2011.
Census spokesman Trevor Oosterwyk said that in terms of the Statistics Act South Africans faced a R10 000 fine or six months in jail if they refused to answer questions by enumerators.
He could not say how many households around the country had refused to be counted, but said that Stats SA would issue warning letters to those who did not co-operate, which would explain what was expected of them and the consequences of their continued refusal to comply.
If they still refused, the matter would be heard in court.
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