Lehohla Ledger warns of hidden economic crisis behind South Africa's unemployment rate

STATSSA, the factfinder of the nation, continues to give.

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But it seems like a dog full of fur, its sweat is consumed by it and it is not visible to the dumb, blind and deaf. The Lehohla Ledger is a cataract scraper, that makes the blind to see. It is a wax cleaner that opens the ears of the deaf and it is indeed a medicine that works on speech.Through the 3,000 columns that I wrote, two at a time each week since 2002, I have generated 2,752 forensic instruments that shape the integration. And thus deliver the much needed instruments of the district development model.

These instruments anchored in the Mohlomi Code of ultimately guaranteeing intergenerational value creation focus on four core drivers, (i) a responsible leader who knows itself, and knows those he/she presides over, (ii) mobilises stakeholders towards productive ends (iii) uses new instruments of power (iv) through design thinking and system design builds system that deliver integrated reporting.

What the Lehohla Ledger is constitutes a design that captures farsighted thought of Mohlomi as implemented by Morena Moshoeshoe, the founder of the Basotho nation. Based on my 3,200 columns which soon will be eight volumes of 450 pages each, the Lehohla Ledger with its 2,752 instruments is the key system integrator of the District Development Model.

I have deployed the Lehohla Ledger on the 4th quarter results of the Quarterly Labour Force (QLFS) for 2025. In this report Statistician-General Maluleke elaborated on new measures in the publication.

Many a politician saw green shoots but the Lehohla Ledger saw dry shrubs and a long coming build up of devastating problems.

The core message on the unemployment remained stubborn at 31,4% albeit down by half a percentage point form the previous quarter. But the clouds had long been building up and a twister is on the way.