Blackout: A loadshedding quiz

And more than half of them have been in the past 20 years.

About 1 in every 4 people living in Gauteng was born in another part of the country.

No early start for 40% of the country’s young children.

As large numbers of properties are turned into short-term rental accommodation for visitors, housing options for local residents decrease.

Africa has 60% of the world’s solar potential but generates 2% of the total solar power.

The 19th World Athletics Championships will be held in Budapest, Hungary from 19-27 August. Download our latest report for at look at the data behind the biennial event.

Zimbabwe heads to the polls on 23 August to elect its president, members of parliament and local councillors. It’s the country’s 8th election since 1990

An initial 18-million doses of the first malaria vaccine have been assigned to 12 of the countries where malaria exacts a high toll.

South Africa is hosting the first Netball World Cup to be played on African soil. Here’s our guide to understanding the game

In South Africa, the murder rate among municipal ward councillors is six times higher than the national rate of 45 murders per 100,000 people

Telling the story of Durban’s 2022 floods was not to document disaster, but rather an investigation into what we can learn from that night

Africa is almost equal to Europe in terms of Fifa members, but it has a third of the representation at the 2023 Women’s World Cup

Nigera’s own statistics bureau says the country has one of Africa’s highest unemployment rates, but the UN’s labour agency says it is lower. Much lower. Here’s why

South Africa’s social media scene: Facebook dominates, TikTok thrives and Threads takes on Twitter

Half of the world’s diamonds come from Africa, but Botswana, the continent’s top producer, didn’t own much of what it mined, until now.

The city is releasing partially treated water back into rivers – and this has health and environmental implications

The heavy rains in June 2023 were caused by a series of cold fronts. As more people build homes in high-risk areas flooding is likely to increase

Joburg Water’s Cydna, Goudkoppies and Northern Works laboratories test the city’s water daily – testing up to 500 samples a month

A clean audit doesn’t guarantee good service delivery, but it is a good start

Johannesburg’s landfills are under pressure as thousands of new residents arrive in the city every month