Thread by @alanwinde

1/5 🚨 The WC could lose funding equivalent to 1615 doctors or 5981 nurses, and over approximately 9300 teachers if only 70% of residents get counted in the 2022 Census. This would severely undermine the quality of health care and education services that we provide.

2/5 In money terms, we stand to lose R9.7 billion, or over 16% of our provincial equitable share, if only 70% of residents get counted. This would shave R2.6 billion in funding off our health budget & R4.2 billion off our education budget.

3/5 In fact, as of 8 am this morning, with just 9 days to go until the count closes, Statistics South Africa #StatsSA is not even within sight of a 70% count. They have counted just 61% of residents to date.

4/5 While we have seen increases in the number of persons counted- they remain too low. To put it simply, if we only manage to count 70% of the population, the available spending per person would be reduced by more than R1 300 a year in the provincial equitable share.

5/5 I reiterate my appeal to residents to use the extended Census count period in the Western Cape to get counted.

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