Author: Alastair Otter
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A big list of data journalism tools and resources
This list of tools and resources is based on our experience working in data communication. It includes tools that we have used, that we regularly use or know to be useful to anyone looking to perfect their data skills.
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Two years of Coronavirus in South Africa visualised
Over two years Media Hack collected detailed data on coronavirus in South Africa, and we decided to do something special with all the numbers we’ve collected daily over the past 110 weeks.
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SA municipality tracker
The Outlier Municipality Tracker is updated with the most recent changes in local government.
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SA Unemployment Tracker
Our unemployment tracker is updated every quarter following the release of new employment data by Stats SA.
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Covid-19 in South Africa
How long will it take to vaccinate two-thirds of South Africans (67%)? This vaccination tracker updates daily to help you monitor progress.
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Unrest in SA: Joblessness and rising prices make a volatile mixture
Unemployment in South Africa is among the worst in the world and unemployment among the youth is particularly high, but that doesn’t tell the full story.
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How Covid-19 took hold in South Africa
South Africa is one of the top 10 countries worst affected by Covid-19. We used an interactive timeline to take you through South Africa’s first wave of the pandemic, from our country’s patient zero to the point where restrictions started easing up.
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Loadshedding in the time of Coronavirus
South Africa is plagued by blackouts, commonly known as ‘loadshedding’. Using data provided by EskomSePush we tracked these blackouts between 2015 and 2020 to see which stage was most commonly implemented and how many total days of loadshedding were experienced per year.