Press Release: A fifth of the country's households headed by over 60s - 2nd August 2012.

Aug 02, 2012
Almost 21% of all households in South Africa are headed by older persons (those over 60 years of age). The Eastern Cape has the highest proportion of such households, according to the South African Institute of Race Relations.

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