Author: Alastair Otter
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How would you fare against world marathon record holder Eliud Kipchoge?
Eliud Kipchoge has broken the world marathon record again. But how fast is he really? And how would you compare?
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The Outlier’s Grocery Basket: July 2023
An update on our in-store survey of the same basket of basic goods at eight of South Africa’s major retailers, including, Checkers, Shoprite, Spar, Pick n Pay, Woolworths, Food Lover’s Market, Boxer Superstores and Makro.
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The Outlier’s Grocery Basket: A year in review
Here’s a look back at 12 months of collecting prices for basic goods at a selection of South Africa’s major retailers. Since we started this project in June 2022, a lot has changed.
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The Outlier’s Grocery Basket: May 2023
An update on our in-store survey of the same basket of basic goods at eight of South Africa’s major retailers, including, Checkers, Shoprite, Spar, Pick n Pay, Woolworths, Food Lover’s Market, Boxer Superstores and Makro.
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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.