LETTER: Save Stats SA
The slow crippling of Stats SA through budget cuts and understaffing constitutes more than a threat to one institution. It stands to pull the rug out from under SA’s ability to formulate effective policy
06 August 2020 - 05:00
The slow crippling of Stats SA through budget cuts and understaffing constitutes more than a threat to one institution. It stands to pull the rug out from under SA’s ability to formulate effective policy.
SA is committed (theoretically) to "evidence-based policy". Though this is a commitment that is, admittedly, frequently ignored, it is accepted that problems must be understood and solutions based on a sober analysis of facts as they exist. No institution in the state is more important for this than Stats SA...
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