On August 28 professor of practice at the University of Johannesburg Eldrid Jordaan launched his book The Silicon Empire vs Social Impact — The David and Goliath Battle. He invited me to be one of the ...

Straight-talking statistician-general Pali Lehohla raises economic issues and rings social alarm bells, and his message should jolt us into action. One of the soundtracks of the New South Africa was a ...

This article explores how the South African government has sidelined employment in macroeconomic policy, raising concerns ...

I was invited to deliver an address on “The mission for peaceful coexistence beyond tourism” at the third Arab Forum for Tourism Statistics which started in Baghdad, Iraq, at the weekend. In 2009 I ...

Former Statistician-General Dr Pali Lehohla believes the past 15 years have been marked by a reversal of South Africa’s democratic gains. Next year’s elections should be postponed, he argues, to hold ...

‘For a process of democracy to succeed, the ones who must write their manifesto are the public, and having agreed on that manifesto, we must go and look for a politician who seems to be capable of ...

Former statistician-general Pali Lehohla says South Africa should borrow from itself— suggesting tapping pensions and the JSE instead of the proposed tax hikes such as the highly contested VAT ...

Organised black businesses must urgently consider acquiring the struggling retail giant Pick n Pay and redefine the landscape of retail ownership in South Africa, former Statistician-General Pali ...

‘Had we actually gone ahead and gone into a programme of implementation planning seriously and implementation, those targets that NDP was talking about would’ve been achieved. We have reversed. We don ...

Growing South Africa’s economy is bound to be daunting as long as the major political players in the government of national unity pursue diametrically opposite economic policies. This is the view of ...

The Department of Basic Education (DBE) has pushed back against criticism that learners are being discouraged from studying mathematics in high school. Former statistician-general of South Africa Dr ...

The fight is getting nasty. On 12 september, Morten Jerven – author of Poor Numbers, a book about the quality of statistics that African governments produce – was scheduled to speak at a United ...