Factsheets

Nigeria is a major oil producer, and wants the real owners of assets in the crucial industry to be known. Why does this matter?

This factsheet looks at estimates of the number of abortions in the region and explains the broad categories of abortion laws.

President Muhammadu Buhari was enthusiastic as he launched the continent’s first central bank digital currency. But what is it all about?

The latest data from the World Health Organization is likely to be the last major update not to feature Covid-19 statistics.

Ahead of the local government elections, our factsheet answers voters’ questions about housing.

We answer these and other sanitation questions in the run-up to the 2021 municipal elections.

We unpack how poverty is defined in South Africa ahead of the November local elections.

We look at the South Africa's unemployment figures, which are among the highest measured in the world

Ahead of South Africa’s local government elections, we look at access to water and delivery problems in metropolitan municipalities.

We look at what the statistics reveal about grid electricity supply in our nine provinces, and how it has changed since 1994.

This factsheet takes a closer look at gun-related deaths in South Africa.