PALI LEHOHLA | When it comes to stats, businessmen and politicians must know their place
Statistics as a conduit of trust is compromised when it enters parliament and beer halls
23 June 2025 - 04:30
As the world teeters towards World War 3, with its epicentre being the Middle East, and as back home in South Africa those empowered to guide government policy through observation of statistics now throwing rotten eggs at particularly the Quarterly Labour Force Survey, I pen this article to remind ourselves globally and locally that statistics as a conduit of trust has helped ensure that the spectre of a war fails to arise in almost eight decades. Yet signs are clear that we face the barrel of this spectre...
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