Category: The Outlier
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Homeground advantage: All Blacks have the unique ability to upend Springboks on home turf
The two upcoming Rugby Championship tests against the All Blacks will both be played in South Africa. Does this give the Springboks an advantage? We homed in on the stats and discovered that the Boks’ dogged ability to win when it counts most is matched by New Zealand’s confounding ability to dominate South Africa on…
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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…