Category: The Outlier
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Joburg’s mayoral carousel: ANC’s Dada Morero is back in the hot seat
Johannesburg’s 11th mayor in 10 years has been sworn in. On 16 August, the ANC’s Dada Morero replaced Al Jama-ah’s Kabelo Gwamanda, who was installed as mayor last year after his party colleague Thapelo Amad resigned after just four months as leader of South Africa’s biggest metro. The Al Jama-ah mayors were put in place…
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Not all fun and games: Online sports betting boosts gambling revenues to record highs
South Africa’s gambling industry generated R47.2-billion in revenue in the last financial year, the highest amount ever recorded. This record growth is being driven largely by online betting, which accounted for more than half the revenue, according to the National Gambling Board’s most recent annual report. South Africans placed R418-billion worth of bets last year,…
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Of the 65 Nobel prizes women have won, half were awarded in past 20 years
Since 1901, only 65 prizes have been awarded to women, 6.5% of the 1,000 awarded in total. In 2023, four of the 11 winners were women, making it one of the best years for women in history of the Nobel prize. The peace prize has been awarded to 19 women, three of them Africans: Kenyan…
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Keeping the lights on: Eskom’s capacity to generate power breaches 70%
Eskom is finally making headway in keeping the country’s lights on. A key improvement has been an uptick in the energy availability factor (EAF), the average percentage of Eskom’s installed capacity that is in working order and ready to run if needed. In the last week of July, Eskom power stations had an EAF of…