Information overload
The first census conducted in the United States was conducted in 1790, and contained only six questions. In contrast, the… Read More
Information overload
How many people does it take to count people?
In order to attain an accurate count of the 2020 U.S. population, a total of 500,000 temporary employees are being… Read More
155 years of counting South Africans
The first census to be conducted in what is now South Africa was a 1865 census of the Cape of… Read More
Santa Speed
According to the Telegraph (UK), Santa would have to travel at over 10 million km/h, or about 3,000 kilometres per… Read More
Everyone is celebrating
Times Square, New York, hosts 1 million people each New Year’s Eve to watch the ball drop. Around the world,… Read More
So much to buy
According to BankservAfrica, the value of all transactions in South Africa in December 2018 was R59 billion, 15% up from… Read More