OPINION: Funding the fact finder of the nation
JOHANNESBURG – The dire straights of funding the fact finder of the nation, Statistics South Africa (Stats SA), puts us at serious economic and financial risk which in countries like Argentina and Greece got stymied into a massive political risk.
Statistician-General Risenga Maluleke has put the country on a seesaw. Two weeks ago, he told we had the lowest monthly consumer price index (CPI) number in a decade at 3.7 percent.
That meant the rate of change in the overall price of goods and services consumed by households grew at the lowest rate ever in the last 120 months.
Source: iol.co.za
