Tamara Dimant

Head of Information

Tamara Dimant serves as the Head of Information at the CRA. She runs an information resource centre which supports all CRA research and CRA subscribers. She compiles and analyses statistical data for the monthly publication Fast Stats and selected Macro Reviews, statistical information for the Economy and Public Finance chapters in the yearly publication, The Socio-Economic Survey of South Africa and assists in specialised research for individual research projects.

[Opinion] Stats SA's poverty survey is Covid-19's latest victim - and we can't afford to lose it

Tamara Dimant

27 Jul, 2020

Much has been said these past few months about 'essential' services. Some activities have to happen for the basics of life to proceed. This idea has been central to the conversation around the immediate goal of restricting the spread of the Covid-19 virus; but it is a useful guide to so much more.