The Outlier

Alastair Otter

Sunday, June 2 2024

Voter turnout in the 2024 South African national and provincial elections was 58.63%. Turnout in the 2019 elections was 66.05%.

business

climate

crime

Outlier favourites: 8 charts that hit the mark in 2024

Monday, Dec 16, 2024

outlier-news

2024: The Outlier’s Year in Review

Friday, Dec 13, 2024

outlier-news

Top of the charts: 15 most-viewed visualisations of 2024

Wednesday, Dec 11, 2024

governance

Burst pipes, falling levels and unplanned fixes: Numbers behind Joburg’s water crisis

Monday, Dec 9, 2024

economy

What it costs Gauteng residents to get around

Friday, Dec 6, 2024

how-to

OpenRefine Part 3: Fixing inconsistencies with the cluster and edit tool

Thursday, Dec 5, 2024

health

HIV in South Africa: Deaths drop by 80% as treatment uptake grows

Wednesday, Dec 4, 2024

business

South Africa’s pay divide: Who earns what and why it matters

Monday, Dec 2, 2024

chart-gallery

SA murder count on track for a two-year low

Friday, Nov 29, 2024

how-to

OpenRefine Part 2: Removing duplicates and using version history

Thursday, Nov 28, 2024

how-to

OpenRefine Part 1: Installing and merging datasets

Wednesday, Nov 27, 2024

lifestyle

Shifting travel habits: Gauteng residents are spending more

Monday, Nov 25, 2024

climate

Dilemma of South Africa’s $13.8bn climate financing deal

Wednesday, Nov 20, 2024

economy

Young people are bearing the brunt of SA’s unemployment crisis

Monday, Nov 18, 2024

how-to

Free Excel template: Keeping track of Christmas

Monday, Nov 18, 2024

health

Diabetes expected to cost South Africa R35bn by 2030

Thursday, Nov 14, 2024

economy

African remittances: What if every citizen gets an equal share of money sent home?

Wednesday, Nov 13, 2024

economy

SA to spend R700m on hosting G20

Thursday, Nov 7, 2024

how-to

From chaos to clarity: 6 simple ways to fix a chart

Monday, Nov 4, 2024

economy

Rise of remittances: Two decades of growth in a gif

Monday, Nov 4, 2024

business

Shoprite expands its footprint by 52 new stores

Friday, Nov 1, 2024

economy

Diaspora sending money ‘back home’ helps drive GDP in many African countries

Wednesday, Oct 30, 2024

governance

R52,817,657

The amount spent in five months to deport illegal immigrants from SA

Monday, Oct 28, 2024

economy

African remittances surpass $90bn a year

Monday, Oct 28, 2024

how-to

The tools we use to make our charts and dashboards

Tuesday, Oct 22, 2024

how-to

Unlock the power of colour

Friday, Oct 18, 2024

cost-of-living

1 in 10

Households in SA experience child hunger

Thursday, Oct 17, 2024

climate

South Africa’s energy shift: How the just transition is shaping the future

Tuesday, Oct 15, 2024

crime

Femicide in SA: 3 women killed a day by an intimate partner

Saturday, Oct 12, 2024

governance

35%

Percentage of water supplied to Joburg that is lost to leaks

Tuesday, Oct 8, 2024