A Strain on the Sewers
Fact: #4001
In May 2026, routine wastewater surveillance in Cape Town detected two poliovirus strains – likely imported and vaccine-linked, with no… Read More
Fact-A-Day Archive
Case Closed
Fact: #4000
Uganda officially declared itself free of Ebola on 28 July 2026, marking the end of its 2026 outbreak, after the… Read More
Box Office Blues
Fact: #3999
According to AMPS and MAPS, available through Eighty20’s Data Portal, cinema attendance in South Africa has dropped dramatically in half… Read More
A family tree that needs a map
Fact: #3998
“The Polygamist,” a South African Netflix series about a wealthy Johannesburg family navigating a husband’s secret second family, racked up… Read More
Shucks Comes Close, Not Close Enough
Fact: #3997
Mr Bones 2: Back from the Past (2008), starring Leon Schuster, remains the highest-grossing South African film of all time,… Read More
Box Office Time Warp
Fact: #3995
Jurassic Park (1993) grossed $978.16 million worldwide during its original theatrical run. Jurassic World Rebirth, the newest instalment in the… Read More