PALI LEHOHLA | To allow ignorance about Stats SA to run supreme should not be allowed
Stats SA stands as a symbol of action, of hope and truth in the numbers
I had hoped the forthcoming title And December Came: The Odyssey of Leadership —Navigating in Silence and Building Audaciously would hit the shelves in another six months, but a glimpse and preview had to come earlier. It was prompted by the unwelcome and vulgar articulations of Gerrie Fourie (https://www.businesslive.co.za/bd/economy/2025-06-10-capitec-ceo-argues-sas-jobless-rate-as-low-as-10/), the CEO of Capitec, and trade and industry minister Parks Tau (https://www.timeslive.co.za/politics/2025-06-10-tau-backs-capitec-ceos-call-for-new-approach-to-unemployment-data/), who decided to echo Fourie, and then ANC choristers were unleashed to lampoon the national numbers. Baas Fourie had spoken. ..
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