Minister to meet SA Statistics Council over funding ‘tipping point’
Without the council’s support, official statistics ‘are effectively rendered meaningless’ with serious economic consequences, says the council chair
19 February 2020 - 19:02
Minister in the presidency Jackson Mthembu will meet the SA Statistics Council this weekend, after its members threatened to resign en masse over a funding crunch at Stats SA.
The 20-person council is charged with promoting and safeguarding official statistics published by Stats SA, as well as advising the minister of planning, monitoring and evaluation in the presidency, and the agency’s head, statistician-general Risenga Maluleke...
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