PALI LEHOHLA | The spell to counter attacks on SA’s psyche lies in systems
A concerning pattern is the increasing number of mentally ill young men I see on our roadsides in recent years — what’s that about?
In the belly of a dysfunctional state that South Africa has become, my attention in the week past was drawn to four critical programmes in which I participated: an interview about my views on the medium-term budget policy statement, an address at the annual Government Employees Medical Scheme (GEMS) Symposium, remarks at the divine marriage of the Gordon Institute of Business (GIBS) and the Economic Modelling Academy (EMA), and an address to the ANC Youth League, where the focus was not the requested topic ,“the statistics required for planning”, but instead on systems thinking and systems design and the requisite evidential base and capacity for achieving such competence...
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