Author: Outlier Reporter
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Burst pipes, falling levels and unplanned fixes: Numbers behind Joburg’s water crisis
Joburg’s water woes have been decades in the making, with ageing infrastructure and poor maintenance unable to keep up with a growing population. In the past two months, unplanned maintenance incidents have doubled compared to planned ones, affecting over 440 suburbs.
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What it costs Gauteng residents to get around
The amount spent by people living in the province varies widely, with respondents reporting spending anything between zero and R9,500 a month. The median spend is R500.
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Shifting travel habits: Gauteng residents are spending more
People in Gauteng are spending much more on transport than they did in 2017, according to a province-wide survey by the Gauteng City-Region Observatory (GCRO).
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African remittances surpass $90bn a year
Remittances, or the money workers send back to their families in their home country, are now a major part of the economies of many African (and non-African) countries. So much so that countries like Kenya are seeing more money entering the country from remittances than from some of its more traditional exports like tea and…
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Rushed and chaotic: The Life Esidimeni tragedy, in charts
In September 2015, the Gauteng department of health decided to end a contract with Life Esidimeni, a group of specialised private psychiatric care hospitals. The decision was part of a wider plan to deinstitutionalise mental healthcare users in the province by placing them into non-governmental organisations (NGOs) in communities. It was also to cut costs. What transpired was a poorly planned,…
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MultiChoice’s shrinking subscriber base
MultiChoice has lost 11% of its total customer base, ending its financial year with 20.9-million subscribers. The group’s South African subscriber base has fallen by 8% to 8.6-million, according to its latest results. The JSE-listed company has, until now, managed to consistently grow its customer numbers, holding steady through the trials of Covid-19. It blames…