3 630
The number of members of the Restaurant Association of South Africa (which represents over 11 000 restaurants) that it estimates have been forced to close due to the pandemic.
10¹00
The number after which Google is named — the googol, which is a 1 followed by 100 zeroes.
340
The number of minutes that people are watching TV and/or streaming each day. This is an increase of 16% (or 47 minutes) on pre-Covid-19 numbers.
183 and 251
The respective rankings of the University of Cape Town, and Stellenbosch University and the University of the Witwatersrand concurrently, as determined by the World University Rankings, which assesses 1 662 universities from 99 countries, analysing 108 million citations from 14.4 million research papers.
A numbers game: From record-breaking art auctions to the amount by which Johann Rupert’s wealth has increased
Here are a few numbers worth knowing
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0-13
The range of circled numbers on the iconic labels of French luxury fashion house Maison Margiela, representing the capsule from which the item comes. It has never stated what each number means. However, fashion writers have deciphered the code — these are three examples: 3: Fragrances 10: Men’s main-line collection 22: Dedicated footwear collection.
90
The number of world records Sotheby’s African art auctions have broken since their inception in 2017.
651 296
The number of Covid-19 tests used on Olympians at the 2020 Tokyo Games, of which just 151 were positive (0.02%).
967 3000
The price in rand fetched at a Strauss & Co auction in September by a bottle of Grand Constance, from Groot Constantia — one of the remaining 12 bottles destined for Napoleon while he was in exile on Saint Helena. It’s double the price fetched in a sale in May this year.
A numbers game: From the number of looted artefacts from Africa to the largest art collection in the world
19.1 bn
The amount by which Johann Rupert’s wealth has increased in the past year. The founder of Rand Merchant Bank and chair of the luxury-goods company Richemont and SA-based Remgro is now R21.2 million richer than his nearest South African competitor, Nicky Oppenheimer.
71
The percentage by which foreign arrivals dropped in the first year of the pandemic, according to the 2020 Tourism Report by Statistics South Africa.
57 and 234
The height in storeys and metres of the Alto234 bar, on the top floor of The Leonardo in Joburg.
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3 630
The number of members of the Restaurant Association of South Africa (which represents over 11 000 restaurants) that it estimates have been forced to close due to the pandemic.
10¹00
The number after which Google is named — the googol, which is a 1 followed by 100 zeroes.
340
The number of minutes that people are watching TV and/or streaming each day. This is an increase of 16% (or 47 minutes) on pre-Covid-19 numbers.
183 and 251
The respective rankings of the University of Cape Town, and Stellenbosch University and the University of the Witwatersrand concurrently, as determined by the World University Rankings, which assesses 1 662 universities from 99 countries, analysing 108 million citations from 14.4 million research papers.
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