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World Population Set To Officially Reach Eight Billion Milestone [Images]
18 Oct 2022 by Jacqui / No Comments
Whenever the Earth’s population comes up as a topic of discussion, it almost always raises eyebrows and conjures a sense of genuine concern for many people.
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Nobody Really Gets Married In SA Anymore
28 Mar 2022 by Tayla / No Comments
Wedding snaps have been all over my social media recently, but actually, according to Stats SA, the number of civil marriages in the country is declining.
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SA’s Latest GDP Numbers Are In And They’re Not Pretty
04 Jun 2019 by Carrie / No Comments
South Africa’s economy has undergone the worst drop since way back in 2009, and the problem spans multiple sectors.
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Scared Of Flying? Here Are The Latest Global Aviation Fatality Figures
19 Sep 2018 by Carrie / No Comments
The International Civil Aviation Organisation has published their latest safety report, and it might help those with a fear of taking to the air.
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“War Zone” – The Most Worrying Numbers From Latest SA Crime Stats
12 Sep 2018 by Carrie / No Comments
Police Minister Bheki Cele has released the South African crime statistics for 2017/2018, describing the results as something out of a ‘war zone’.
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Stats SA Latest Data – Population, Gender Breakdown, Life Expectancy, Emigration And More
24 Jul 2018 by Nereesha Patel / No Comments
From young people taking over the country to white people leaving it, Stats SA’s mid-year population estimates report breaks it all down.
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Either SA’s White Population Are Emigrating In Droves, Or They Have Low Fertility Rates
19 Apr 2016 by Sloane Hunter / 1 Comment
Although the white population of South Africa has decreased significantly, no one’s sure if it’s fertility or emigration.
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These Are The Oscar Trial Online Conversation Stats
11 Apr 2014 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
While you were keeping up with the footage of the Oscar Pistorius trial, the lovely people over at BrandsEye have been getting their nerd on, collecting all the stats of online conversations that related to the trial. The stats make for an interesting read – check out the breakdown here.
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The Life Expectancy For Every Country In The World [INFOGRAPHIC]
09 Jan 2014 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Death awaits us all. But if you live in Monaco – it might wait a little longer. This new infographic projects the life expectancy of those born in 2013.
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Web Laziness Out Of Control? Monitor Your Browsing With Limitless
08 Jan 2014 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
When browsing the internet, it’s hard to tell how much time you’re wasting. You get sucked into an endless vortex of ridiculous amounts of time-wasting content.
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The Complete History of Computers [INFOGRAPHIC]
04 Dec 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
A machine called ‘Collosus’ was the first real computer. Designed to help codebreakers in WWII, it was one huge motherclunker. And it didn’t even have ‘snake’.
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New Corruption Index Shows SA Alongside Serbia And Brazil
04 Dec 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
While the ANC was busy pointing fingers at Thuli Madonsela for leaking the Nkandla report, South Africa slipped to its lowest-ever spot on the global corruption charts.
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Report Reveals Surprising Truth About SA Mobile Prices
28 Nov 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
While popular rhetoric insists that low-end mobile subscribers in SA are getting a raw deal, that belief has been debunked by a “secret” report.
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Put Your Money On It – These Are The Most Popular Shares On The JSE Right Now
19 Nov 2013 by Jasmine Stone / 2 Comments
At the end of every quarter all registered collective investment schemes in South Africa release data on the holdings in their funds. This data allows analysts to get an idea of which shares are most popular, and which are least popular among the people who know what they’re talking about.
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This Is How Bad South Africans Are At Driving [INFOGRAPHIC]
18 Nov 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
South Africa’s roads are treacherous, we all know that. From the potholed one-lane nightmare-roads in the Eastern Cape, to the isolated N2 of the Karoo, staying alive on the road is never more important than it is within our very own borders.
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The Comprehensive Guide To Making Money From The Internet [INFOGRAPHIC]
28 Oct 2013 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
“Google has blessed me with a R4000 p/m job from home” – this is how easy it is to make money off the internet, if we are to believe popular banner ads. In reality, making money from the internet is no easier than making money in real life – you need a certain set of skills executed in just the right way in order to ensure results.
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Cash Battle Of The Sexes: How Men And Women Spend Their Money [INFOGRAPHIC]
05 Aug 2013 by Jasmine Stone / 2 Comments
Society is pretty quick to pin “retail therapy” tendencies exclusively on women, but a recent roundup of data profiling western men and women clearly indicates that your average modern man is almost as keen to drop a load of cash on a bad mood as his feminine counterpart, even if he is buying different things. Check it all out, below.
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Africa Is The World’s Fastest Growing Mobile Market
14 Nov 2012 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
Africa continues to be the world’s fastest growing mobile market with subscriptions set to reach 761 million this year The industry is also making a ton of cash, generating $56 billion toward the continent’s GDP, of which mobile operators made up the largest share.
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RIM’s Terrible Past Quarter Was Terrible
13 Jul 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
BlackBerry maker, Research In Motion, has had a terrible past quarter. The smartphone manufacturer is now literally hemorrhaging money and sales figures.
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SA Drops To 127th On Global Peace Index
27 Jun 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Earlier this month Vision Of Humanity released its latest Global Peace Index of 158 countries, on it South Africa place 127th. SA dropped 29 places from when it sat at 98 in 2007. Conversely, the world has become more peaceful for the first time in three years.
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2oceansvibe Received Over 2 Million Visits In The Last Year
13 Feb 2012 by Seth Rotherham / No Comments
We’re pleased to announce our latest annual stats have broken all previous records, showing over 2 million visits in the last 12 months. More staggering is the number of unique readers, which has more than doubled (compared to the previous 12 months), showing over 1 million individual people. This often converts to over 200,000 unique […]
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SA Road Deaths Down In 2011/2012 Festive Season: RTMC
16 Jan 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
South Africa’s Road Traffic Management Corporation (RTMC) has released preliminary road fatality figures for the 2011/2012 festive season until 10th January, and it looks a little better, but not much.
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UNICEF Releases Report: MXit 1, Homework 0
12 Oct 2011 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
A recent study by UNICEF has brought to light some interesting (though not very surprising) stats regarding usage of MXit, one of south Africa’s most popular mobile social platforms.
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Twitter Shows How Our Happiness Declines Throughout The Day
30 Sep 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
The study, which took place over a two-year period, is based on a “mood analysis” of some 509 million posts from 2,4 million users. Researchers found that our outlook varies greatly depending on the time of day, the day of the week and the season, with our moods improving as the summer solstice nears and over weekends. So basically it’s a study of what we already know. Kiff.
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IBM Study Ranks Johannesburg Daily Commute As “4th Most Painful”
08 Sep 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
The “commuter pain survey” was undertaken by IBM and is designed to rank the emotional and economic toll of commuting in each city into a pain index. Mexico city came in first, with Nairobi, Beijing, Bangalore and Moscow trailing behind. Jozi came in fourth, with commuters spending an average of thirty-six minutes commuting to work and school every day. When not being hijacked.
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2oceansvibe Nails 1 Million Visits For 2011 So Far
06 Aug 2011 by Seth Rotherham / No Comments
Our usual thanks and bowing and scraping goes out to all you crazy 2oceansvibers out there who seem to be joining and multiplying by the day! Google Analytics has confirmed that between 1 January 2011 and 31 July 2011, 2oceansvibe received 1,109,969 visits, made up of 563,280 unique visitors and resulting in 2,379,820 page impressions. […]
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