Numbers can kill: politicians should handle South Africa's coronavirus data with care: The reporting of South Africa's first COVID-19 case sparked a racialised discourse that persists. GettyImagesNumbers tell stories. Usually, stories of people – often happy stories, like births, marriages, finishing school, getting a degree, getting a job. Even paying taxes. Sometimes … [Read more...] about Numbers can kill: politicians should handle South Africa’s coronavirus data with care | The Conversation
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Some Phone Numbers Still Cannot Be Ported After 13 Years
Some Phone Numbers Still Cannot Be Ported After 13 Years: South Africa’s Internet Service Providers’ Association (ISPA) remains concerned about the lack of transparency and ongoing delays in the introduction of full number portability. Consumers have received no word from ICASA (the Independent Communications Authority of SA) on why, 13 years after the launch of mobile number … [Read more...] about Some Phone Numbers Still Cannot Be Ported After 13 Years
South Africa’s voter turnout: a mathematician runs the numbers | The Conversation
South Africa's voter turnout: a mathematician runs the numbers: People queue to cast their votes in Johannesburg, South Africa. Kim Ludbrook/EPAIt has commonly been believed in South Africa that voter turnout in national elections has been fairly high when compared with other countries, among them the UK, US and France. To a mathematician like myself, “voter turnout” is not a … [Read more...] about South Africa’s voter turnout: a mathematician runs the numbers | The Conversation
2019 vs 2014: What the numbers tell us about the general elections
2019 vs 2014: What the numbers tell us about the general elections: With the 2019 national elections declared free and fair, News24 takes a look at how this year's elections compares to the previous general polls in 2014. ...... Source: WN.com - Southafrica News Several new political parties headed for National Assembly: New players, Patricia de Lille’s … [Read more...] about 2019 vs 2014: What the numbers tell us about the general elections
Crime stats: here are last year’s numbers, to see how the latest figures stack up
Crime stats: here are last year’s numbers, to see how the latest figures stack up: South Africans are about to be given stark statistical information on which crimes are on the increase‚ which are on the decrease‚ and which areas are hit worst by various crimes. Ahead of the release of the annual crime statistics‚ here is a selection from Africa Check’s factsheet of last year’s … [Read more...] about Crime stats: here are last year’s numbers, to see how the latest figures stack up
