Category: Surprise Me
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Seven charts on women, work and education in South Africa
More girls between the ages of 17 and 19 pass matric than boys, and they do better at maths and science. More young women also graduate with degrees. So why then do women earn on average 20% less than men?
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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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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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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: December 2022
We’ve added a new store to our grocery basket comparison. Now, we look at the in-store prices of the same basket of goods across six major retailers.