SA Politics Thread Part 10 : The GNU Has Crashed

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Sideshow Bob said:
Only blue eyed and porcelain skinned people should have the right to procreate. Rest are just burden on universe.
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I tried to procreate with one of those once but she wouldn't take. Kept trying for a long time with no success. Had to settle for for one with darker skin and hazel eyes. I hope I haven't disturbed the balance of the Universe!!
 
MalcomZ said:
One things I love about the current South Africa, is that racists are coming out of the woodworks to defend other racists.

Orania will not exist indefinitely in Africa just like this racist trash didn't last in parliament.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1914969980518510955
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There are tons of people saying the same thing on social media besides Renaldo (and it is true).
He just happens to be the tallest tree.
 
Blu82 said:
So that is why a large part of Centurion had to wait for normal operating hours to have a power outage addressed this morning.
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After what her and her party did to the DA, I don't expect you to give her her flowers. 🙂
 
The battle for the next president of the ANC and thus South Africa is between Mashatile and Mbalula.

The Lesufi's and others are only going to endorse one or the other.

Our next president is either Mbalula or Mashatile.
 
MalcomZ said:
Interesting stats. This comes after someone claimed you can't have a housewife with a salary of R50k in South Africa.
And transformation laws such as BEE must be removed? Please. 🙄

https://twitter.com/x/status/1914915825720471588
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Are the numbers from different data sets? Maybe someone better at maths can help me, but I struggle with the median being below any of the racial averages. Do the racial averages maybe exclude households with zero income but the overall median includes zero income households?
 
cr@zydude said:
Are the numbers from different data sets? Maybe someone better at maths can help me, but I struggle with the median being below any of the racial averages. Do the racial averages maybe exclude households with zero income but the overall median includes zero income households?
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The numbers in the post are from the same dataset (Stats SA IES 2022/2023) and the discrepancy between the overall median and the racial averages is due to skewed income distribution (the black majority that earns low wages pulls down the overall median while the high earners from each racial group pull it up), population weighting (black majority makes up atleast 80% of the population) and zero income households.

In short, the overall median being lower than all racial averages is a statistical artifact of South Africa’s extreme inequality along racial lines, skewed income distribution, and demographic composition. No separate datasets or exclusion of zero-income households are needed to explain this - it’s a natural outcome of the data’s characteristics.
 
MalcomZ said:
The numbers in the post are from the same dataset (Stats SA IES 2022/2023) and the discrepancy between the overall median and the racial averages is due to skewed income distribution (the black majority that earns low wages pulls down the overall median while the high earners from each racial group pull it up), population weighting (black majority makes up atleast 80% of the population) and zero income households.

In short, the overall median being lower than all racial averages is a statistical artifact of South Africa’s extreme inequality along racial lines, skewed income distribution, and demographic composition. No separate datasets or exclusion of zero-income households are needed to explain this - it’s a natural outcome of the data’s characteristics.
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Again, while I was a horrible university maths student, I think that the overall median should be above the lowest racial median.

If we exclude zero income households from both sets, or include them in both sets, the overall median should be above the lowest racial median.
 
Staff of universities in South Africa think they are untouchable because how do you shoot a student in the back and the university attempts protecting you.

All 3 institutions of higher learning (universities) in the Eastern Cape need a serious intervention, Fort Hare, WSU and NMU. Students die like flies year in year out at these institutions.

During my posting of the real NMU online, the Vice Chancellor and the university upgraded the security across all campuses because I was posting on X, Facebook, TikTok YouTube and LinkedIn how unsafe NMU is and how a student dies every academic year at the university.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1914729239892648066
 
cr@zydude said:
Again, while I was a horrible university maths student, I think that the overall median should be above the lowest racial median.

If we exclude zero income households from both sets, or include them in both sets, the overall median should be above the lowest racial median.
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It only gives the average income for each racial group, not the median.

Your intuition is correct that the overall median should be closer to the median of the largest group which is Black African, but since we don’t have the racial medians, we can’t directly compare them.

Instead, the post compares the overall median to racial averages, which complicates the interpretation.
 
MalcomZ said:
It only gives the average income for each racial group, not the median.

Your intuition is correct that the overall median should be closer to the median of the largest group which is Black African, but since we don’t have the racial medians, we can’t directly compare them.

Instead, the post compares the overall median to racial averages, which complicates the interpretation.
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So what you are saying is that it's possible to manipulate data to show whatever you want it to show? Okay, understood.
 
ghaye said:
So what you are saying is that it's possible to manipulate data to show whatever you want it to show? Okay, understood.
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The data is not manipulated, just incomplete.

And for the point he was trying to make, the excluded data isn't vital.

Anyone who needs a full and complete data set to know whites have it better off than the black majority in South Africa is most likely milking their apartheid privilege and don't want to see it gone.
 
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