Tegan Bedser

Hybrid professional. Now: @DVTSoftware. Then: @mediahackza, @SABCNews, @SundayTimesZA, @TimesLIVE, @Dispatch_DD, @SowetanLIVE.

[Tegan Bedser @TeganBedser]

@MyJRA Thank you so much! It has been fixed.

[Tegan Bedser @TeganBedser]

@MyJRA, please repair this pothole on Victory Road, Randburg. It's in a high traffic area and it's getting worse. https://t.co/9hGC6RRnr6

[Gemma Ritchie @RichGemma]

🌧️ Cape Town had more rain in 6 months than the whole of 2017.

🥶 The heavy rains were mainly caused by a higher-than-average frequency of cold fronts.

👓 Read more in the @outlierafrica here: https://t.co/CrFXYFq7I6

[Gemma Ritchie @RichGemma]

It’s not only loadshedding leaving suburbs in the dark. A rise in cable theft means residents and businesses are often left in the dark for longer than they’ll be expecting. For more, sign up for our @outlierafrica (local government) newsletter. https://t.co/LZS7Ns3vOP

[The Outlier @outlierafrica]

Melokuhle, which means ‘to uphold beautiful things’ in isiZulu, is still the most common name for newborn girls in SA. It's also one of the favourite names among parents of baby boys.

👶🏾 More here: https://t.co/zDbTRo6VNK

[The Outlier @outlierafrica]

The amount of electricity generated in South Africa has plunged by nearly 12% over two years, numbers published by StatsSA show. Click here for more charts: https://t.co/zDbTRo6VNK

[The Outlier @outlierafrica]

Our May grocery basket costs between R382 and R419 to buy nine staple items including bread, milk, toilet paper and sunflower oil 🛒 Read more: https://t.co/duehiuGXMk

[The Outlier @outlierafrica]

Johannesburg’s landfills are under pressure as thousands of new residents arrive in the city every month. Here are some steps you can take to help the city: https://t.co/tePw72KSQM

[The Outlier @outlierafrica]

Entry-level car owners are paying more than R800 to fill up. It now costs 35% more to fill a 37-litre Suzuki Swift than it did back in June 2019.

Click here for more charts: https://t.co/zDbTRo6VNK

[The Outlier @outlierafrica]

Four years ago, a litre of 95 Octane cost R16.76. For June, the same litre of petrol costs R22.63. For more charts: https://t.co/zDbTRo6VNK

[The Outlier @outlierafrica]

R181-billion. That’s how much the treasury has given Eskom since 2016 to help keep things running. And Eskom is not alone. The government has granted R331.2-billion in bailouts to state-owned companies in the 10 years since 2013. https://t.co/zDbTRo6VNK

[The Outlier @outlierafrica]

The mystery of what Russian vessel Lady R was doing in Simon’s Town in December has made us curious. So we turned to the @SIPRIorg, which maintains a database of arms deals, to see which countries South Africa delivered arms to between 2017 and 2022. https://t.co/zDbTRo6VNK

[The Outlier @outlierafrica]

Most of SA’s power generation facilities are located in the coal fields around Mpumalanga. As we move away from coal dependence towards renewable power sources, the distribution of power generation facilities will start to spread across the country. https://t.co/zDbTRo6VNK

[The Outlier @outlierafrica]

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[The Outlier @outlierafrica]

Renewables like wind, solar & hydro power make up almost 9% of SA's energy mix, while nuclear energy accounts for 4.7%. Last year, most of the country's renewable energy came from wind power (5%).

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[The Outlier @outlierafrica]

In our latest Treevolution newsletter we covered:
🌊 Ocean Sole interview
🪲 The polyphagous shot hole borer beetle
💡 Where SA gets its electricity
🎁 Upcycling

Sign up here (for free!) so you don't miss the next one: https://t.co/pRkyqUvr50

[You can call me Al 📈 @alastairotter]

The April edition of the basket attracted a huge amount of attention (+170k views for a single chart on TikTok?! https://t.co/B4bHn8aOzs )

[The Outlier @outlierafrica]

Many everyday items in our homes & grocery baskets will long outlast us, but not in a good way. In fact, every plastic toothbrush that's ever been made still exists somewhere. That’s a crazy thought 🪥 Sign up to our newsletter for more info like this: https://t.co/pRkyqUvr50

[The Outlier @outlierafrica]

Most evenings, @Eskom_SA uses Twitter to share details of the current electricity demand and how much power is available. It's a good view of the power(less) situation in South Africa. Sign-up for our next newsletter here: https://t.co/M3tYV51soF

[GIJN Africa @gijnAfrica]

ICYMI: @mediahackza's @outlierafrica, with the support of a grant from @earthjournalism, has created a guide for reporting on coastal resilience/climate change in coastal cities in Africa. The guide is good for reporting on inland flooding as well. https://t.co/K35OlKbTUv