PALI LEHOHLA | Statistics only way to hurt lacklustre politicians where it hurts most

South Africa is one of the UN nations that have built a strong statistical base, sadly often ignored by our politics through intentional ignorance.

19 March 2023 - 11:55

By Pali Lehohla

Several pieces of data and statistics will be thrown around to prove an unprovable hypothesis as is the nature of our heavily and increasingly less informed politics despite mountains of statistics and data at the disposal of the political landscape from Stats SA.

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