Category: The Outlier
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Fourth Industrial Revolution seems far away for schools where no matrics write maths and science
The number of schools where no Grade 12s sat the final maths exams doubled since 2013.
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The Outlier’s Grocery Basket: May 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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How many bodyguards does a mayor need?
Officially SA mayors should have a maximum of two bodyguards, many have a lot more
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SA is the biggest wind and solar producer in Africa, but most of its energy still comes from coal
While other African countries are taking greater strides compared to South Africa to rely on renewable power even with new renewable plants opening up in SA
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How do South Africa’s football match ticket prices compare with those of other countries?
Kaizer Chiefs set tongues wagging when it almost doubled its league match ticket prices, but you could pay almost eight times more for a general Arsenal league match ticket.
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Safa fails to capitalise on enormous pool of school football talent
This is despite the fact one in three public schools have football facilities, second only to netball.
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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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A big list of data journalism tools and resources
This list of tools and resources is based on our experience working in data communication. It includes tools that we have used, that we regularly use or know to be useful to anyone looking to perfect their data skills.
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The Outlier’s grocery basket: April 2023
We have included Makro and Boxer Superstores on the list of South African retailers that make up our grocery basket survey. Now, we look at prices from eight stores in Gauteng.
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Two years of Coronavirus in South Africa visualised
Over two years Media Hack collected detailed data on coronavirus in South Africa, and we decided to do something special with all the numbers we’ve collected daily over the past 110 weeks.