EDITOR’S LUNCHBOX: More vacancies likely at Stats SA after cut to budget
Stories of note Bytes from the digital world The Treasury’s decision to cut Statistics SA’s budget by 13% means its 8% vacancy rate will probably increase as some workers, whose experience was irreplaceable, have resigned, Statistician-General Pali Lehohla warned. The Mail & Guardian narrowly escaped getting added to the Gupta family’s New Age and ANN7 propaganda arms in a plot code-named "Project M", the latest trawl into the mammoth trove of leaked e-mails reveals. South African Weather Service forecasters appear to have a unique classification system for local storms. In my opinion Matters of debate Last year, Eskom stopped publishing details on pay for board members and the CEO, information that private, listed companies are required to provide. In these circumstances, leaks about government leaders’ secret activities are often the only way citizens can find out what is going on, writes Neva Makgetla. That Sun City battled to get the Gupta family to settle the bill for their lav...
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