Twelve women’s bodies found east of Johannesburg as police investigate possible links
How this story moved: how many newsrooms carried it at each run, when each one picked it up, how our summary's headline changed, and which figures and names held from the first reports to the latest. Everything here is counted from the coverage; none of it is a judgement of anyone's motives.
OUTLETS CARRYING THE STORY, RUN BY RUN
HOW OUR HEADLINE CHANGED · 4 HEADLINES
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27 Sep, 12:11 UTC
Tenth woman found dead near Johannesburg as police investigate possible links
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27 Sep, 18:14 UTC
Tenth woman found dead in Ekurhuleni as police investigate possible links
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28 Sep, 06:14 UTC
Police find 11th woman’s body near Johannesburg as killings investigated
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1 Oct, 16:38 UTC
Twelve women’s bodies found east of Johannesburg as police investigate possible links
WHAT HELD, WHAT CAME LATER
From the first reports to the latest
- Cyril Ramaphosa · 4 outlets
Entered the story later
- Nothing new took hold after the first third.
Figures reported with different numbers
- people been: 17 (1 from 27 Sep 05:48) → 27 (1 from 27 Sep 06:08) → 10 (1 from 27 Sep 08:19)
- people wounded: 17 (1 from 27 Sep 06:08) → 10 (1 from 27 Sep 06:08) → 11 (1 from 27 Sep 08:19)
Matched by pattern, not read: a different number can be a correction, a rising count, or two different counts.