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Helmo Preuss
Verified
Columnist, Alliance News
Pretoria
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Biography
Helmo with a B. Sc. in Computer Science and Mathematical Statistics and a B. A. in Economics and Economic History from the University of Cape Town. While he was doing his National Service he studied for a B. Com. in Business Economics and Operations Research from the University of South Africa. He then completed a B.Sc. Hons. in Statistics and Operations from the North West University and a M. Phil in Marketing Research from the University of Pretoria. He worked as an industrial engineer at steel maker Iscor completing feasibility studies. He was chief economist at mining house Gencor for a decade before moving into journalism with real time financial new service I-Net Bridge. At Statistics South Africa he was the economic analyst responsible for final checks on all economic data series. He is currently a freelance journalist for The BRICS Post and involved in Amore Hydro as project leader for small hydro development.
mining and anything in betweenalmost everything. primarily economics but this covers tourism, Shipping, Inflation, electricity agriculture
Medicine, but I do cover AIDS and causes of death
Content
By Helmo Preuss| Grocott's Mail Verified Extended disruption of electricity supply will exact its cost in terms of production losses during this quarter and even beyond. The Gross Domestic Product (GDP) data released by Statistics South Africa (Stats SA) exceeded the Reuters consensus forecast of a 1.6% seasonally adjusted annualised (saa) increase in the third quarter on the second quarter by almost a half, as the actual rise was 2.2%.
By Helmo Preuss| Grocott's Mail Verified The October inflation data surprised economists on the downside as the actual result was a 5.1% year-on-year (y/y) increase compared with an IRESS-compiled consensus forecast of 5.2% y/y and the August and September rate of 4.9% y/y. The good news for Grahamstown residents is that the Eastern Cape inflation rate was below the national average at 4.9% y/y.
By Helmo Preuss| South Africa The Good News Verified TEACHER SALARIES in SA, how do we compare globally? By Helmo PreussThe Varkey Foundation and the University of Sussex has released its latest Global Teacher Status Index for 2018, which gives insights into the world of teaching in 35 countries across the globe. While South Africa is not covered in the 2018 survey, enough data exists on local educators remuneration compare how local educators are remunerated when compared to their global peers.
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