Category: The Outlier
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How can Africa transform from a vaccine desert to a vaccine hub?
Long dependent on wealthy nations for its vaccine supplies, Africa is starting to build up its own vaccine manufacturing capacity.
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What we can learn about municipal elections from the one held in 2016
There were 178 by-elections held since the elections in which 79 council seats changed hands.
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Who are the candidates who want your vote in local government elections 2021?
We dug into the candidates list to find out how many are running in multiple wards and if young people are putting their names forward for election.
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Who will be voting in this election? Not that many young people
South Africa’s 20-somethings have been less than enthusiastic about registering to vote in this year’s local government elections.
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Rise of the independent candidates
“The political sands are shifting all across the world as citizens are losing faith in big political parties and seeking a new alternative.”
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Many young adults are applying for the Covid-19 relief grant, but it’s not enough to eat properly.
Children up to the age of 18 years are the largest group of recipients of social grants in South Africa.
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Teen pregnancy in South Africa – a growing problem
What effect has the pandemic had on teen pregnancies? It’s too soon to tell. But here’s what the available data shows us.
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Quick take: Africa doubles Covid-19 vaccines with donations from US
36 African countries have received donations from the US since July.
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Hard lockdowns, liquor bans and the effect they have on crime
Reports of most violent crimes dropped significantly following the start of the lockdown and the alcohol ban in March 2020.