Author: Gemma Ritchie
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Eight days of protests and looting that shook South Africa
For just over a week in July 2021 chaos reigned in two provinces, sparked by the imprisonment of South Africa’s former president, Jacob Zuma. We collected tens of thousands of social media posts from Twitter, TikTok, Instagram, YouTube and Facebook posted by ordinary people and media outlets between 8 and 16 July to try to…
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Who’s ruling who? An interactive map of the parties running South Africa’s municipalities
All the hung municipalities have formed councils, so now we can see who runs which municipality.
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How can Africa transform from a vaccine desert to a vaccine hub?
Long dependent on wealthy nations for its vaccine supplies, Africa is starting to build up its own vaccine manufacturing capacity.
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What we can learn about municipal elections from the one held in 2016
There were 178 by-elections held since the elections in which 79 council seats changed hands.
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Who will be voting in this election? Not that many young people
South Africa’s 20-somethings have been less than enthusiastic about registering to vote in this year’s local government elections.
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Many young adults are applying for the Covid-19 relief grant, but it’s not enough to eat properly.
Children up to the age of 18 years are the largest group of recipients of social grants in South Africa.
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Quick take: Africa doubles Covid-19 vaccines with donations from US
36 African countries have received donations from the US since July.
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Quick Take: Unemployment rising faster for women in South Africa
The unemployment rate among women is close to 37%, increasing by 2.8 percentage points since last quarter.
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Covax in Africa: Which vaccines are countries getting, and how much?
Only about 4%, or 55-million people in Africa, have received a dose of a vaccine so far.
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Quick take: An age-old problem – SA’s 2021 cabinet
On 5 August 2021 President Cyril Ramaphosa reshuffled his cabinet. The new cabinet is old: 20 of the 30 ministers are over the age of 60 and only one minister is younger than 40.