Judges Matter is a very important organisation in South Africa as they bring attention and transparency to the judiciary. They have just released a great infographic showing the race breakdown of our judiciary, which is one of the most important pillars of our constitution and society. While white judges are still …
The hashtag #WhySAIsStruggling became quite popular For a few days last week. I collected 1,704 tweets that contained the hashtag over a couple of days. Here are the hourly tweet volumes to give you an idea of how the hashtag was picked up: I thought that this dataset would give …
I saw this great post by Africa Check about education statistics in South Africa and I thought that, since we’re currently grappling with the race dynamics in our country, it’s worth visualising some of the stats a bit more intuitively and building on them using some other sources that I’m …
South Africa is one of the most unequal countries in the world. Our Gini co-efficient, which summarises the disparity between those with the least and most income, is one of the highest in the world (only Lesotho’s is higher according to the CIA Factbook). We can blame this inequality on the systemic structures …
I started collecting tweets that mentioned the controversy around Pretoria Girls High’s hair policy (based on terms like “#StopRacismAtPretoriaGirlsHigh”, “hair AND racism”, etc.) a few days ago. I was a bit behind the curve, only picking up on it on the second day of action but still managed to collect 36,460 tweets from 30,175 different …
Stats SA has upped their game with great analyses like this entropy-based one looking at the distribution of races spatial inequality in our largest cities. This graph shows the most segregated cities in South Africa. Contrary to popular belief, Cape Town is the third most segregated city after eThekwini and Nelson Mandela …
This infographic by the Mail & Guardian is very encouraging. It shows a dramatic rise in black graduates with degrees, contradicting recent reporting to the contrary. [Source]
