Louis Rossouw discusses rising R in South Africa with Thami Ngubeni, anchor with Newzroom Afrika. R appears to vary by province with the Northern Cape having one of the highest at up to 1.5.
Louis has been tracking R in in South Africa throughout the pandemic and has also recently commented on the changing situation with a number of other media outlets in SA, including Eye Witness News and News 24, as well as numerous local radio stations.
We were devastated to hear of Adele Groyer’s death. Adele was already well known to many actuaries both in Gen Re and more widely from her contribution to the CMI, but became one of our most prominent collaborators...
Stuart made a guest appearance on the Independent SAGE weekly briefing to give a presentation on excess deaths. The discussion covered what we mean by excess deaths and different ways of measuring these, whether by...
Background We have consistently advocated the use of excess deaths as the best measure of the direct and indirect impacts of the pandemic. Excess deaths are calculated by comparing actual mortality to a reference...
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Louis Rossouw
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