The Perfect Lottery Heist
Fact: #3890
A group of students from Massachusetts Institute of Technology used probability mathematics to identify a loophole in the Cash WinFall… Read More
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Ichthyologists Hate This One Simple Calculus Trick
Fact: #3889
Gen X and Millennials will remember William Smith, the maths teacher on SABC2 in the 1990s. His father, Prof. J.L.B…. Read More
The Numbers Behind SA’s Maths Pass Rate
Fact: #3888
In 2025, only about 64% of South African matric learners passed Mathematics, down from 69% in 2024. This makes Mathematics… Read More
Math That Saves Lives
Fact: #3887
South African-born physicist Allan MacLeod Cormack, who studied physics at the University of Cape Town, won the Nobel Prize in… Read More
Not-So-Golden Years
Fact: #3886
The ENS segment Comfortable Retirees’ overdue balances have climbed more than R7bn since Q4 2022 to R22.3bn, outpacing the broader… Read More
A Rate of Relief
Fact: #3885
Economic conditions improved modestly in Q4 2025, with unemployment declining to 31.4% and the repo rate cut by 25 basis… Read More