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Jacques Coetzee

Jacques Coetzee is the Adamela Data Fellow at the Mail & Guardian, a position funded by the Indigo Trust.

Unless journalism is holistic and includes aspects such as politics and business, even the best health journalism won’t cut the mustard in the long run.
RAND DAILY MAIL

Media industry mourns the deaths of three veteran journalists

Herbert Mabuza, Zuluboy Molefe and Raymond Louw passed away within days of each other

  • Jacques Coetzee
2 min read
What appears to citizens as poor service delivery is often the visible result of deeper institutional weaknesses. (David Harrison)
GENERAL HOUSEHOLD SURVEY

Service delivery improves overall, but with stark inequalities — StatsSA survey

The survey found marginal improvement in access to services on average but with persistent inequality across provinces and demographics

  • Jacques Coetzee
4 min read
The basic education department is adopting a ‘phased-in’ approach to reopening schools, with some schools possibly starting up as early as next week. (Oupa Nkosi/M&G)
ANC MANIFESTO

Cyril wants SA’s pupils up to code

Making programming compulsory in schools is a challenging prospect, but if the president wills it, there might be a way

  • Jacques Coetzee
4 min read
The universities in the South must stop pandering to complacency. They must restore their commitment to academic excellence and welcome the best minds and those who carry with them the potential to be the best regardless of origin. (Graphic: John McCann/M&G)
ADVTECH

Private sector wants to play a bigger role in higher education

With government squeezed for funds, the private sector says it has to play a much bigger role in higher education

  • Jacques Coetzee
3 min read
The FF+ received a lot of interest from the public after it achieved 2.3% of the national vote at the time of writing — up from 0.8% in 2014. (Oupa Nkosi/M&G)
2019 ELECTIONS

FF+ third most googled party in past 24 hours

Parties like the Freedom Front Plus have enjoyed a surge in interest online

  • Jacques Coetzee
1 min read
DA leader Mmusi Maimane addresses his supporters at the Phetogo rally. (Paul Botes/M&G)
AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS

Maimane most searched for politician on Google

The DA leader has been searched for the most after his address at the weekend

  • Eyaaz Matwadia
  • Jacques Coetzee
3 min read
Jozini township. (Delwyn Verasamy/M&G)
2019 ELECTIONS

Jozini: Where youth actually vote

The youth of Jozini are determined to make a better future for themselves despite record unemployment

  • M&G Data Desk
  • Jacques Coetzee
6 min read
(Graphic: John McCann/M&G)
AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS

Whose responsibility is it anyway

A 2018 survey found that 51% of Gauteng residents don’t know which sphere is responsible for water and sanitation services

  • M&G Data Desk
  • Jacques Coetzee
3 min read
Thabang Kgatle (Paul Botes)
JACQUES COETZEE 1

‘Why me’ changed my life

Some events change a person’s life

  • Jacques Coetzee
2 min read
The ANC will leave a legacy muddied by political careerism, personality cults and corruption (David Harrison/M&G)
CENTRE FOR SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT IN

Trust in Presidency up, courts and media down — survey

‘Ramaphoria’ is not dead just yet despite a few bumps on the road to the elections

  • M&G Data Desk
  • Jacques Coetzee
4 min read
Close to 100 jobs at the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) are on the line as the continent’s leading research centre undergoes restructuring (John McCann)
CLIMATE CHANGE

Job losses threatens the CSIR’s reputation

The council’s climate change research could suffer from job cuts

  • Jacques Coetzee
5 min read
The handle, @PresJGZuma, had been registered nine months after the former president had been shoved out of office. (John McCann)
CYRIL RAMAPHOSA

Zuma’s first 100 days on Twitter

Now that he can’t call press briefings the ex-prez has taken to social media with mixed success

  • M&G Data Desk
  • Jacques Coetzee
4 min read
(John McCann/M&G)
BUDGET

How state funds are sliced up

At R375-billion, education is the fastest-growing expense on the government’s bill

  • M&G Data Desk
  • Jacques Coetzee
2 min read
(Graphic: John McCann/M&G)
CYRIL RAMAPHOSA

The State of the Nation in numbers

Of all Sona speeches, Motlanthe spoke the most, while Zuma spoke the least

  • M&G Data Desk
  • Jacques Coetzee
1 min read
(John McCann/M&G)
DEBT

RAF amendment bill could boost loss of support claim expenditure by 70%

Opponents of Rabs say inadequate research and consultation have been done

  • Jacques Coetzee
4 min read