Dr Pali Lehohla: SA budget, GNU, Stats SA, unemployment, China, Treasury, SARB, Economy, minerals

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Become a YouTube Member of SMWX: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCk_qa4ssROH8aUDbgQXE5dA/join In today’s episode, we are joined by former Statistician-General, Dr Pali Lehohla, who reflects on his tenure as Statistician-General for 17 years, unpacks statistics behind unemployment and poverty, demographic transition, infrastructure, mineral wealth and more! Visit the SMWX store for merch and books: https://smwx.store CONTACT: ✉️: [email protected] 📞WhatsApp Line: 082 891 4935 Visit my website: sizwempofuwalsh.com _______ 00:00 - Introduction 01:40 - Being Statistician-General 20:30 - Financing of Stats SA 22:46 - Unemployment 31:34 - Demographic transition 34:58 - SA's National Development Plan (NDP) 37:42 - Investment into Infrastructure 48:25 - Russia and China 51:30 - Mineral wealth 59:40 - Use of data in Africa 1:05:37 - Economic policies in China 1:07:52 - CENSUS 1:13:02 - Pinpointing geographical statistics _______ Credits: Director and DOP: Nomaan Haarzavi for Narr8 Studio Second Camera Operator: Faizan Haq for Narr8 Studio Producer: Oratile Kekana