Eskom hits 150 days of uninterrupted power for first time in 5 years

New mpox strain amplifies need for vaccines in Central Africa

time Jacob Zuma was a member of the ANC

estimated cost of a dose of the mpox vaccine

Joburg’s mayoral carousel: ANC’s Dada Morero is back in the hot seat

Rising electricity costs tighten the screws on South Africa’s pensioners

July rainfall breaks weather records in Western Cape

cartons of SA oranges headed for export

MTN share price drops 44%, weighed down by Nigerian currency woes

business sentiment average for first half of 2024

Kenya tops Africa’s medal tally at Paris 2024, winning four golds

Total days in office of Joburg's fifth mayor since 2021

Not all fun and games: Online sports betting boosts gambling revenues to record highs

Of the 65 Nobel prizes women have won, half were awarded in past 20 years

girls and women alive today who were married in childhood

Keeping the lights on: Eskom’s capacity to generate power breaches 70%

Brent crude settles at around $84 a barrel after Ukraine invasion high of $116

new shopping malls planned for SA

needed to fix Joburg's infrastructure

Despite progress, problems remain: 287 schools in SA have pit toilets, three out of four do not have libraries

With just 400 charging stations nationwide, SA car buyers are reluctant to go electric

Famine looms in Southern Africa: El Niño-driven drought has caused maize shortages

average life expectancy for women in SA

International remittances surge by 262% in four years, driven by West Africa

increase in sales for CheckersSixty60

How South Africans are changing their banking habits

With a second gold, Tatjana Smith becomes SA’s most-successful Olympian ever

prize money awarded by World Athletics to gold medalists

of gold bought by Zimbabwe to back new currency

Mobile money: Sub-Saharan Africa leads banking revolution with nearly half the world’s accounts

applications in the Home Affairs queue

Paris 2024 hits gender parity, but Africa’s Olympic teams lag behind

WhatsApp messages are sent every day

Closed book: Three-quarters of schools in South Africa do not have libraries

New highest-ever average global temperature recorded

SA’s inflation rate cools to 5.1%, despite steaming price of hot beverages

SA’s earnings gap is closing, but women still lag 16c behind men

Total global military spending

South African drivers are warming to hybrid EVs

Paris 2024: South Africa’s Olympic journey in 7 charts

Amount unspent and returned by Department of Higher Education to Treasury

Netflix subscribers

Rushed and chaotic: The Life Esidimeni tragedy, in charts

Death trap: Timeline of the Life Esidimeni tragedy

Number of athletes participating in Paris 2024

Mapping Mandela: the father of SA memorialised around the world

FNB’s e-wallet transactions surge to 80m in 6 months

Gold's new record high

Capitec expands its ATM network as SA’s big 4 banks downsize in the shift to digital

As Venetia mine transitions underground, SA’s diamond production drops to 6m carats

SA is embracing hybrids, but all-electric and plug-in sales lag

Municipalities owe Eskom R78bn – and energy minister is pessimistic about recovery

Mapping chess mastery: South Africa’s Jesse February shines as new African champion

Amount of rain recorded in Cape Town in 48 hours

South Africa climbs to second in citrus exports – but can it beat the fungal threat?

The amount stolen by cyberhackers from SA's public works department

990 caps: South Africa’s most-experienced XV to take on the Irish

32 of South Africa’s prisoners are children

Percentage of flights that arrive on time at Cape Town International Airport

School trip: Walking is the only option for two-thirds of SA’s learners

Cholera surges in Africa: Over 110,000 cases in 5 months

SA steps up to meet growing global demand for avos

100 days of keeping the lights on signals improved power stability for SA

Average days to sell a home in Joburg

Younger, bigger and GNU: Ramaphosa breaks records with coalition cabinet

Total penalties imposed by the FSCA in the past year

Facebook shines its crown as SA’s social media king

SA’s mayoral churn: 3+ mayors in 3 years for these 15 municipalities

Eastern Cape matrics who have never passed a grade

Only 25% of Sub-Saharan subscribers use mobile internet

Cholera outbreaks highlight the need for Africa to make its own vaccines

SA businesses closed in 5 months

Eskom’s reduced use of costly gas turbines signals power stability

Freight failures: Transnet’s rail woes impact SA’s coal exports

How much the price of uranium has increased in 5 years

Tourism recovery: Visitors to Table Mountain, cableway are on the rise

Registered credit providers in SA

Rising news avoidance: SA readers say they feel ‘worn out’

The reason Media24 is looking at shutting down these papers

SA’s low-cost housing programme on shaky ground

Almost 9-million refugees in Africa, 7-million in just 10 countries

The number of solar panels making up the largest rooftop solar installation in SA

Copper hits new highs as demand, including for renewables, soars

The amount earned a day by SA's six richest men

Poll shows SA’s workforce is surprisingly enthusiastic

Age in years of newly discovered termite mounds in South Africa

Nigerians face crippling food price increases

Internet access still lags in Africa despite massive mobile uptake

MultiChoice’s shrinking subscriber base

Age of the oldest deceased claim paid by Sanlam

Job trends: Telecoms keep at it, hospitality workers move fastest

How Eskom and other state-owned companies drain the government’s coffers

30 years of HIV: A public health success story

SA’s Olympic sprint hopeful in fine form

Slim pickings: What Joburg’s bin pickers earn and how long they’ve worked

Number of Seattle Coffee shops operated by Food Lovers Market

More than 60% of adults didn’t bother to vote

How the top 5 parties fared in the provinces

Voter enthusiasm dips

ZA voter turnout 2024

SA stock market listings halve over past 30 years

Democracy in South Africa: 30 years in 8 charts

Sapref sold for ZAR1

Record marathoners: Keeping up with Africa’s fastest women

SA’s big e-sports winners

Durban harbour delays 2-4x longer than other major ports

Amount Vodacom spent on its network in the year ending March 2024

Number of South Africans living in the US surges

Shell’s divestment from SA follows global energy trends

Electric vehicle sales in SA lack spark

South Africa’s ports miss the boat as ships reroute via the Cape

South Africa poised to strike gold with green hydrogen

Despite rising crime rate, SA has dire shortage of forensic experts

Migration: Where South Africans are moving to

One-third of SA’s credit holders are battling to repay debt

Why the price of chocolate is skyrocketing

How Shoprite is outpacing Pick n Pay in almost every race

Elections24: The funders behind SA’s political parties

Global TV companies battle for dominance in Africa

Women murders in SA: Filling in the details

Cape Town’s fire season gets off to an early start

R25.42/hour: Making ends meet on a minimum wage

Business takes up the challenge of loadshedding

83% matric pass rate, but is SA making the grade?

Matric exam data can help uncover the state of education

Only 65 of 1,000 Nobel prizes awarded to women

What Census 2022 tells us about migration in SA

Census 2022: Education in South Africa in 4 charts

Booked up: Airbnb in Cape Town

Africa’s unrealised solar potential

How to make custom maps — even if you don’t know how to code

Leaflet and SvelteKit

Hands-on: 5 reasons to switch to OpenRefine to clean data

How we create custom charts using Flourish and Figma

Simple guide to scraping data from PDFs

10 spreadsheet formulas we use to superpower our data analysis

Report: World Athletics Championships 2023 in numbers

How to make a Zimbabwean elections map

Three things to know about Zimbabwe’s presidential election

Malaria vaccine finally to be deployed in Africa after 35 years

Working with Open Street Map vector data in QGIS

Netball World Cup: Get up to speed with SA’s most popular women’s sport

Murder in the municipalities: 21 councillors killed in 22 months

Why we told the story of South Africa’s deadliest storm

World Cup 2023: African women’s football needs its place in the sun

Facebook stays a crowd favourite, while TikTok overtakes Instagram

Which African country has the highest unemployment rate? It depends who you ask

Botswana to sell more of its own diamonds under new deal with De Beers

Joburg’s dirty problem: Underperforming wastewater plants

How to extract multiple features from a shapefile in QGIS

Cape Town had more rain in 6 months than whole of 2017 – but it’s still getting drier

Joburg’s water: How to know if it’s safe to drink

Going for green: The pursuit of a clean audit outcome

Fighting waste in Joburg: What you can do to reduce or recycle

Transfermarkt SA: Mining football data for local fans

What a young population means for Africa in 7 charts and a map

What you need to know about property valuations in Joburg

What Durban’s floods tell us about climate resilience and coastal cities

10 steps to create a custom Svelte component library

What 12 years of clean audits mean for the West Coast District municipality

A third of South Africa’s mayors are women

Loading non-essential data behind the scenes in Svelte

Remove features from a map with QGIS

Cash N Sport’s Nqobile Ndlovu reflects on business of sport in SA

Creating a grid overlay for a map using QGIS

Ubuntu Football Academy’s Dave Waters on the importance of a life after football

Q&A: What you can do if your municipality won’t pay Eskom

The Outlier’s grocery basket: February 2023

Three things to know about Nigeria’s presidential elections

There have been 6 national states of disaster since Covid

Q&A: Do section 139 interventions work?

Cavin Johnson on the challenges for SA football coaches

#SONA2023: How does it compare with Ramaphosa’s last six addresses?

No-fee schools are at a real disadvantage when it comes to maths

Q&A: The impact of the state of the nation address on municipalities

The Outlier’s grocery basket: January 2023

Automating data downloads from a Google spreadsheet

How old is your mayor?

Q&A: Age of mayors South Africa

Joburg has water issues even when the dams are full

Hloni Mtimkulu is all about women’s sports

Are all mince pies created equal?

South Africa will host the Netball World Cup in 2023 – what you need to know

What is South Africa doing in space?

Fewer people employed in Gauteng’s metros now than in 2015

Q&A: How do motions of no confidence work?

The 2021/22 DStv Premiership season experienced the least number of goals

Only seven DStv Premiership players appeared for 40 matches or more in 2021/22

This week’s profile: Who is José Riveiro

DataDesk: a better way to collect data in African newsrooms

Electric vehicle sales slowly rising in SA

Joburg’s water situation – In charts

What’s the buzz about green hydrogen?

The Outlier’s grocery basket: November 2022

Bloated squad sizes don’t benefit SA’s top football teams

Mostly children affected by measles as outbreak grows

Extreme temperatures in South Africa

Q&A with two experts on water and local municipalities

Nine women killed per day in South Africa

Q&A with two experts on mayoral changes, service delivery

The Outlier’s grocery basket: October 2022

World Cup 2022: What are Africa’s chances in Qatar?

SA business spending on R&D in decline

More than 1,000 kidnappings a month have been reported since January

Home burglaries have dropped in all the previous hotspots. See what your local station looks like

How – and why – we switched from interactive to static data visualisations

The Outlier’s grocery basket: September 2022

How would you fare against world marathon record holder Eliud Kipchoge?

Sitting on top of a snow-less Kilimanjaro

Only 1% of monkeypox cases are in Africa

Schools still don’t meet minimum standards nine years after deadlines to fix them were put in place

The Outlier’s grocery basket: August 2022

SA medical negligence claims top R536bn in seven years

Seven charts on women, work and education in South Africa

Femicide in the police force: when officers kill their partners

With Kenyatta’s time in office coming to an end, how do Kenya’s elections work?

The Outlier’s Grocery Basket: July 2023

Blowing hot air: Africa’s big greenhouse gas emitters

The Outlier’s grocery basket: July 2022

Two-thirds of by-elections since November 2021 were because a councillor died

Online groceries versus in-store shopping, can you save?

The Outlier’s Grocery Basket: A year in review

How have football club sales affected South African-based footballers?

826 SA-based footballers have been involved in transfer market activity since 2019

Fourth Industrial Revolution seems far away for schools where no matrics write maths and science

The Outlier’s Grocery Basket: May 2023

How many bodyguards does a mayor need?

SA is the biggest wind and solar producer in Africa, but most of its energy still comes from coal

How do South Africa’s football match ticket prices compare with those of other countries?

Safa fails to capitalise on enormous pool of school football talent

A big list of data journalism tools and resources

How much do SA municipalities pay their top managers?

The Outlier’s grocery basket: April 2023

Two years of Coronavirus in South Africa visualised

Two in every five public schools don’t have sports facilities

Did Africa pay more for Covid-19 vaccines?

The Outlier’s grocery basket: March 2023

Only 7 SA universities included in major world rankings

Which PSL football clubs have won the most prize money?

Blackout: A loadshedding quiz

Why are young players struggling to find their feet in SA’s top football league?

6% of taxpayers pay 60% of personal income tax in South Africa

Is kidnapping on the rise?

SA municipality tracker

Africa Cup of Nations: Which countries have the best-performing teams?

#SONA2022: How does it compare to the last 5 speeches by Ramaphosa?

Ten years of top scorers: Does SA have a goals problem?

Matric maths and science numbers remain dismally low

No-fee schools maintain their bachelor pass rate, despite Covid-19

Have Covid-19 spectator restrictions affected SA’s football teams negatively? Apparently not

Matrics in 2021 buck school drop-out trends

The Outlier’s grocery basket: December 2022

Eight days of protests and looting that shook South Africa

Who’s ruling who? An interactive map of the parties running South Africa’s municipalities

In the race against new variants, Africa ups genome sequencing

New, small and community parties that will shape local government

Hung councils and low voter turnout are the main features of the 2021 elections

How can Africa transform from a vaccine desert to a vaccine hub?

What we can learn about municipal elections from the one held in 2016

Rise of the independent candidates

Who will be voting in this election? Not that many young people

Who are the candidates who want your vote in local government elections 2021?

Many young adults are applying for the Covid-19 relief grant, but it’s not enough to eat properly.

Covid in Africa in one image

Teen pregnancy in South Africa – a growing problem

Quick take: Africa doubles Covid-19 vaccines with donations from US

Hard lockdowns, liquor bans and the effect they have on crime

SA Unemployment Tracker

Quick Take: Unemployment rising faster for women in South Africa

Covax in Africa: which vaccines are countries getting, and how much?

Covid-19 in South Africa

Quick take: An age-old problem – SA’s 2021 cabinet

Unrest in SA: Joblessness and rising prices make a volatile mixture

More students need to do maths and science if SA wants to be part of the fourth industrial revolution

What are the President’s Priorities?

How Covid-19 took hold in South Africa

Loadshedding in the time of Coronavirus

How many schools in South Africa have internet access?