School’s Out, Screens On
While 13 million SA children were locked down, the HouseParty and TikTok apps ranked in the top ten most downloaded… Read More
Fact-a-day archive
French E-commerce
France, like South Africa is currently under full lockdown. Home deliveries in France have increased by 90.2% from the 16th… Read More
Lockdown Violence
During the first week of the COVID-19 lockdown, the South African Police Service received 2,320 complaints of gender-based violence. This… Read More
A Tale of Two Cities
During the 1918 Spanish Flu pandemic, two US cities had very different responses to the outbreak. St Louis cancelled all… Read More
Capitec Credit
From December last year, Capitec has lost R79 billion in value, and some economists have raised concerns about the bank’s… Read More
Gen-Xers and COVID-19
Credit held by consumers in the Gen X age group (those aged 39 to 54) may be disproportionately affected by… Read More