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Press Release: Pupils also seek greener pastures
A combined total of 153 392 school-aged children between 6 and 18 left the Eastern Cape, the Free State, Limpopo, and the North West between 2001 and 2007, but only 90 998 moved into those provinces.
Press Release: Opinion polls take SA’s temperature: people losing confidence
The proportion of people who believe that the Government is performing well dropped by 37%, from 74% in 2002 to 54% in 2012.
Press Release: Daily Sun, Sunday Times, Ukhozi FM, SABC 1 leaders in their respective fields
Adults choose the Daily Sun, the Sunday Times, SABC 1, and Ukhozi FM as firm favourites among daily and weekly newspapers, television stations, and radio stations.
Press Release: Internet used mostly for data searching and for recreation
The majority of adult South Africans use the Internet to search for information while the number of those using it for chatting has grown the fastest.
Press Release: Most household internet access occurs via mobile phones
Less than a fifth of households would have access to the Internet if there was no access through mobile phones. As it is, more than a third of households have access to the Internet.
Press Release: Mobile phones have replaced telephones in homes as main mode of communication
Some 89% of South African homes have access to mobile phones compared to only 14% that have access to landline telephones.
Press Release: Economic hubs show highest shack growth rate
The number of households residing in shacks in the Western Cape grew by 82% over a fifteen-year period, the highest growth rate out of all the provinces.
Press Release: Electricity the fastest delivered basic service
Households were connected to the electricity grid faster than they received housing, water, and sanitation services, according to the latest South Africa Survey, published by the South African Institute of Race Relations (IRR) in Johannesburg recently.
Press Release: More than 20 shacks destroyed by fire everyday
An average of 23 shacks a day were destroyed by fire between 2010 and 2013, according to the latest South Africa Survey, published by the South African Institute of Race Relations (IRR) in Johannesburg recently.
Press Release: Three out of five cases against police are for torture
Some 62% of cases received by the Independent Police Investigative Directorate (IPID) against police officers are for torture and assault.
Press Release: Security guards increase six times faster than police as robberies double and more
The growth of active private security guards over a 15-year period is more than six times faster than that of police officers employed for active police duties.
Press Release: Astronomical leap in lengthy prison sentences
Prisoners serving sentences of ten years and more rose from 2% of 84 000 to 48% of 91 000 sentenced inmates between 1995 and 2012.
