Author: Alastair Otter
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Durban harbour delays 2-4x longer than other major ports
Ships avoiding attacks on commercial vessels in the Red Sea are sailing past the Cape of Good Hope. Neither Cape Town nor Durban have seen an uptick in ships docking to refuel. One reason why ships bypass Durban is because of how congested it is. In mid-April, the average wait time was 4 days, according to Portcast, which tracks global…
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Electric vehicle sales in SA lack spark
South Africa is way behind countries such as the UK when it comes to sales of electric vehicles. Although the countries have similar-sized populations – 60-million for South Africa and 67-million for the UK – the latter sold hundreds of thousands more EVs last year. South Africa only sold 1,080 electric vehicles in 2023, according…
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Census 2022: Education in South Africa in 4 charts
No early start for 40% of the country’s young children.
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Booked up: Airbnb in Cape Town
As large numbers of properties are turned into short-term rental accommodation for visitors, housing options for local residents decrease.
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Building projects with Leaflet and SvelteKit
If you’re planning on building projects in SvelteKit, it needs a slightly different set-up to Leaflet.js. Here’s what you need to do to get it to work.
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Report: World Athletics Championships 2023 in numbers
The 19th World Athletics Championships will be held in Budapest, Hungary from 19-27 August. Download our latest report for at look at the data behind the biennial event.
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Working with Open Street Map vector data in QGIS
When we teach data journalism most people are eager to make a map but they’re usually unsure of where to get data for a map. And while there are many good sources for map data, if you’re looking for something, like a particular town or neighbourhood, that’s not always so easy. One solution is to…
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Facebook stays a crowd favourite, while TikTok overtakes Instagram
South Africa’s social media scene: Facebook dominates, TikTok thrives and Threads takes on Twitter