Category: The Outlier
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Two in every five public schools don’t have sports facilities
The situation is worse than it was eight years ago, if the education department’s data is anything to go by.
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Did Africa pay more for Covid-19 vaccines?
Countries that made deals with pharmaceutical companies outside of Covax – barring Pfizer – paid more for their vaccines than other nations.
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The Outlier’s grocery basket: March 2023
For the first time in 2023, the Spar basket was not the month’s most expensive, with the Checkers basket taking the top spot. Find out more in our March update.
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Only 7 SA universities included in major world rankings
But how do you get onto a list and does it matter?
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Which PSL football clubs have won the most prize money?
There are five competitions where football clubs can win extra income. Mamelodi Sundowns has won a third of the prize money in the last decade.
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Why are young players struggling to find their feet in SA’s top football league?
In the last five seasons, more than half of the new entrants in South Africa’s top-flight football league have been young players. However, the league’s age has not been getting younger during this period.
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6% of taxpayers pay 60% of personal income tax in South Africa
But only one in five of the country’s 40-million working-age people earn enough to pay this tax.
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Is kidnapping on the rise?
The Outlier looked at the latest crime stats for the last three months of 2021 and beyond to see if more kidnapping cases are being reported to the police.
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SA municipality tracker
The Outlier Municipality Tracker is updated with the most recent changes in local government.