Statistics Botswana targets timely release of data
Wednesday, September 16, 2015
Khumalo (middle) addressing memebers of the media.Pic.Kagiso Onkatswitse
The principal statistician for national accounts and prices, Ketso Makhumalo described the collection and processing of data into statistical information as a mammoth task.
“We collect data from various sources and some sources usually take long to provide us with data,” she said yesterday when announcing the August Consumer Price Index (CPI).
Speaker of the National Assembly, Dithapelo Keorapetse, has this week rightly washed his hands of the mess, refusing to wade into a party squabble that has no clear leadership and no single version of the truth.When a single party sends six different letters to the Speaker’s office, each claiming to be the authoritative voice, it is not just confusion, but an embarrassment.Keorapetse is correct to insist on institutional boundaries. Parliament...