Category: Politics
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Which African country has the highest unemployment rate? It depends who you ask
Nigera’s own statistics bureau says the country has one of Africa’s highest unemployment rates, but the UN’s labour agency says it is lower. Much lower. Here’s why
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Three things to know about Nigeria’s presidential elections
40% of the registered voters are between 18 and 34. Only five of the presidential candidates are under 50 years old.
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#SONA2023: How does it compare with Ramaphosa’s last six addresses?
Green hydrogen, fixing unreliable coal power plants, and a state of disaster to roll out emergency energy procurement – the president’s plans for the year ahead.
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Q&A with two experts on mayoral changes, service delivery
A change in leadership affects service delivery, but in an ideal scenario, there would be a clear distinction between the political and bureaucratic spheres.
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With Kenyatta’s time in office coming to an end, how do Kenya’s elections work?
And how many voters have voted in the elections since 2002?
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How much do SA municipalities pay their top managers?
Municipal managers are the highest-paid bureaucrats in a municipality.
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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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#SONA2022: How does it compare to the last 5 speeches by Ramaphosa?
2021 was a hard year for South Africa. We endured a second year of Covid-19 pandemic restriction and violent protests and looting. So how did President Ramaphosa’s State of the Nation Address differ from the last 5 SONAs?
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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.