DUMA GQUBULE: Let’s not minimise the pain of the poor with ‘voodoo statistics’
Capitec CEO should withdraw his statement
13 June 2025 - 05:00
Fifteen years ago there was a raging debate between Stats SA, Adcorp and economists about the size of SA’s informal sector.
Adcorp economist Loane Sharpe, who was on the right of the ideological spectrum, had developed the Adcorp employment index (AEI) based on “alternative facts” about the country’s unemployment crisis. He was critical of Stats SA’s quarterly labour force survey (QLFS). ..
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