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Pali Lehohla

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Pali Lehohla

Dr Pali Lehohla is the former statistician-general and former head of Statistics South Africa. Meet him at www.Pie.org.za and @Palilj01

Shaky ground: the social foundation of industrial experience has been undermined by systemic inequality, inadequate investment in vocational education and poor alignment between education, skills development and industry demands. Photo: Delwyn Verasamy
CALEDON VALLEY

A focus on one faltering building block

The country presents a clear illustration of how a weak social foundation constrains industrial development and reinforces structural inefficiencies but we can change that

  • Busani Ngcaweni
  • Pali Lehohla
8 min read
‘Demobilised’: Dr Pali Lehohla laments budget constraints at Statistics South Africa, which he says can be cynically used to hamstring data gathering efforts and thus obscure failures in service delivery. Photo: David Harrison
COVID 19

The budget cuts that spite a nation’s face

Starving StatsSA of its ability to measure inequality may be a short-term face-saving strategy but it does not make the inequality disappear

  • Pali Lehohla
10 min read