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Apr
13
2024
By INGER FABRIS-ROTELLI, ANSIE SMIT, DANIELLE JADE ROBERTS, DANIEL MAPOSA, FABIO MATHIAS CORREA, MICHAEL JOHAN VON MALTITZ and SONALI DAS
South Africa is short of academic statisticians: why and what can be done

South Africa is short of academic statisticians: why and what can be done

EDUCATION
OUR world is awash with data. A 2019 article published by the World Economic Forum estimated that, by 2025, about 463 exabytes of data will be created each day globally – that’s the equivalent of 212,765,957 DVDs per day. But data is only useful if it can be collected, analysed and explained by experts. That’s where statisticians come in. People like us are trained to make sense of data. Our analyses can then guide organisations and governments in making sensible policy decisions. Both “data scientist” and “statistics lecturer” feature on the South African government’s critical skills list. Due to the…
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Nov
28
2023
By The African Mirror
South Africa’s immigration proposals are based on false claims and poor logic – experts

South Africa’s immigration proposals are based on false claims and poor logic – experts

NEWS
THE South African government recently issued a long-awaited policy statement – called a White Paper – outlining proposed changes to the country’s asylum and immigration system. More than 20 years after its first post-apartheid immigration legislation in 1998, immigration remains a pressing concern. Getting this policy right could help with South Africa’s economic recovery, increase regional prosperity, and heighten security for citizens and migrants alike. LOREN B LANDAU, Co-Director of the Wits-Oxford Mobility Governance Lab, University of the Witwatersrand REBECCA WALKER, Research Associate at the African Centre for Migration & Society, University of the Witwatersrand A general election is due…
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Nov
13
2023
By The African Mirror
South Africa calls in Israeli ambassador to discuss conduct over Gaza war

South Africa calls in Israeli ambassador to discuss conduct over Gaza war

NEWS
SOUTH Africa has called in Israel's ambassador to discuss what it described as his recent "unfortunate conduct" linked to the war in Gaza, the foreign ministry in Pretoria said. The ministry said Eliav Belotsercovsky received the order on Thursday, but it did not go into details on his conduct. "Ambassador Belotsercovsky is called upon to conduct himself in line with the Vienna Conventions, which accord heads of diplomatic missions certain privileges and responsibilities, key amongst which is to recognise the sovereign decisions of the host nation," the South African statement said. "Ambassador Belotsercovsky was once again called upon to convey…
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Oct
14
2023
By The African Mirror
South Africa checking if two of its citizens killed in Israel

South Africa checking if two of its citizens killed in Israel

NEWS
SOUTH Africa's government said that it was checking information from the Israeli embassy that two of its nationals had been killed in attacks by the militant group Hamas and called on Israel to provide Gazans with food and water. The attacks by Hamas inside Israel killed more than 1,300 people, mostly civilians. Israel has since responded with days of retaliatory attacks, pounding densely urbanised Gaza with air strikes and artillery fire and killing over 1,500 Palestinians. "We are currently verifying this," Clayson Monyela, a spokesperson for South Africa's Department of International Relations and Cooperation (DIRCO), said when asked about a local…
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Jun
13
2023
By The African Mirror
South Africa’s drinking water quality has dropped because of defective infrastructure and neglect – new report

South Africa’s drinking water quality has dropped because of defective infrastructure and neglect – new report

NEWS
A report released by the South African government paints a grim picture of the country’s water resources and water infrastructure as well as the overall quality of its drinking water. The Blue Drop Watch Report – an interim report because it only assessed a sample of the facilities across the country – focused on the condition of the drinking water infrastructure and treatment processes from a technical standpoint. It also reported on water quality. Author ANJA DU PLESSIS, Associate Professor and Research Specialist in Water Resource Management, University of South Africa The issues of biggest concern that it identified included…
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May
04
2022
By The African Mirror
South Africa is proposing plans to manage diseases like COVID. Why they’re flawed

South Africa is proposing plans to manage diseases like COVID. Why they’re flawed

COVID-19
At the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, the South African government published “special regulations” to contain the spread of the disease. These actions were taken under special powers granted by the Disaster Management Act. In April 2022, South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa announced an end to the crisis management mode the country had been in for two years. Now processes are underway to embed some of the special regulations into the country’s general health regulations related to notifiable medical conditions. Authors IGNATIUS MICHAEL VILJOEN, PhD Candidate Cell and Gene Therapy Regulation. Institute for Cellular and Molecular Medicine, University of Pretoria…
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Apr
08
2022
By The African Mirror
The engine room: SA government support fuels further investment in vehicle manufacturing

The engine room: SA government support fuels further investment in vehicle manufacturing

NEWS
SETH ONYANGO, BIRD STORY AGENCY IN March, there were 50, 607 new cars sold in South Africa, representing the biggest sales in that market since October 2019, indicating the level to which the sector has bounced back since being hit by the COVID-19 pandemic. Top Auto figures also show that 7,184 more units were sold in March than in the same forecast period in 2021, reflecting a 16.5 per cent increase year-on-year. Strong auto sales come as the South African government continues to provide support for an incentive scheme aimed at boosting exports of vehicles and components, with a new…
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May
01
2021
By The African Mirror
Multi-billion power tender challenged in SA court

Multi-billion power tender challenged in SA court

NEWS
A South African government tender for 2 000 megawatts of emergency power has been challenged in court by one of the companies that lost out, potentially delaying capacity being added to the grid and prolonging an electricity crisis. South Africa's DNG Power wants the High Court to review its disqualification from the tender and prevent the government from signing and implementing agreements with the preferred bidders, court papers seen by Reuters show. The government named the eight preferred bidders last month. Turkey's Karpowership was a major winner, with three of its floating gas power stations among the eight projects chosen…
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Dec
04
2020
By The African Mirror
S.Africa gives national airline $98 mln, but administrators can’t use it

S.Africa gives national airline $98 mln, but administrators can’t use it

BUSINESS
THE South African government has transferred 1.5 billion rands ($98 million) to administrators for national airline South African Airways (SAA) but the funds cannot be used yet, the administrators said. The administrators said the conditions the Department of Public Enterprises (DPE) attached to how the money should be spent were in contravention of labour and companies laws. “We are unable to utilise the funds until the conditions have been amended by the DPE,” they added in a statement. A DPE spokesman said the department would comment later. SAA entered a local form of bankruptcy protection in December last year after…
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