Category: The Outlier
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Femicide in the police force: when officers kill their partners
Over three years, police watchdog IPID logged 48 cases where police officers allegedly killed their current or former intimate partners.
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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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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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Blowing hot air: Africa’s big greenhouse gas emitters
The next United Nations Climate Change Conference will be held in Egypt in November. Although emissions of African countries are low compared to the big global emitters. South Africa is the exception.
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The Outlier’s grocery basket: July 2022
Every month we take a look at the in-store prices of the same basket of goods across four major retailers – Checkers, Pick n Pay, Spar and Woolworths.
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Two-thirds of by-elections since November 2021 were because a councillor died
Seven months after the local government elections, there have been quite a few changes.
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Online groceries versus in-store shopping, can you save?
Online shopping is a tempting alternative where you can save time and petrol costs, but does it actually save you money in the long run?
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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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How have football club sales affected South African-based footballers?
One in every three of the DStv Premiership’s players have been affected by clubs being sold since 2019/20.
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826 SA-based footballers have been involved in transfer market activity since 2019
But how do DStv Premiership clubs acquire their players?