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Honorary Degree: Dr Pali Lehohla

Lehohla's commendation read out at the ceremony states that as South Africa's Statistician-General for the past 15 years, "he has made his mark as skilled innovator in his field of expertise." He was honoured with the degree of Doctor of Commerce (DCom) Honoris Causa for "his innovative leadership and ingenious contribution to enhance Statistics SA's internal capacity as well as statistics policy and utilisation across the African continent, and for his special focus on the development on human capital." Dr Pali Lehohla Upon his appointment as Statistician-General in 2000, Lehohla set himself the task of drastically improving Statistics SA officials' skills in generating and using statistics. This has seen the forging of innovative partnerships with various higher-education institutions. He initiated the Centre for Regional and Urban Innovation and Statistical Exploration (CRUISE) at Stellenbosch University. He has subsidised summer and winter schools at the University of Cape Town, helped create the African Centre for Analysis of Population at the University of Pennsylvania, and established winter schools along with the University of Michigan. In the process, he has facilitated the upskilling of his staff in poverty, labour dynamics and demographic studies as well as survey methodologies. He has also helped improve the state of official statistics in the rest of Africa and the world. His appeal to fellow Africans led to the founding of the African Symposium for Statistical Development (ASSD) in 2006. Chaired by Lehohla, the ASSD has facilitated vast progress in African statistics policy, ensuring successful censuses in most African nations in 2010. He serves on the United Nations (UN) expert data-revolution advisory group and UN Statistics Commission, and is vice chair of the International Statistical Institute.