The mining and quarrying sector was the major recipient of foreign direct investment (FDI) into South Africa in 2009, followed by the manufacturing and financial sectors, according to the latest South Africa Survey, to be published by the South African Institute of Race Relations next week.
The number of private security armed response businesses shot up by 264% while total active registered security businesses grew by 61% over a five-year period. This information appears in the latest South Africa Survey, to be published by the South African Institute of Race Relations next week.
Just over R10bn was lost in gold and platinum production during the mining sector stoppages in the 2012/2013 financial year. An additional R180m was lost in coal production during the same period. The total value of production lost across all sectors of mining amounted to R15.3bn.
The emerging African middle class is catching up to the white middle class in terms of home ownership. This is according to data published by the South African Institute of Race Relations in its latest South Africa Survey.
The last few years have seen the African National Congress (ANC) lose 38 wards in local government by-elections, while the Democratic Alliance (DA) gained 24, according to the latest South Africa Survey, published this week by the South African Institute of Race Relations in Johannesburg.
Tuberculosis is the number one killer of Africans in South Africa, according to the latest South Africa Survey, published by the South African Institute of Race Relations in Johannesburg last week.
Far fewer teenagers give birth today than was the case two decades ago. Between 1987 and 1989 there were 124 births per 1 000 teenagers but only 58 in 2008. This is according to the South African Institute of Race Relations.
Local councils run by coalitions have almost doubled in number in the last two years, according to the latest South Africa Survey, published last week by the South African Institute of Race Relations.
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.
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.
Some 89% of South African homes have access to mobile phones compared to only 14% that have access to landline telephones.
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.
The South African Institute of Race Relations has sent a complaint to the Human Rights Commission about comments made in the Sunday Times by the national director of public prosecutions, Advocate Menzi Simelane.
The number of social-grant beneficiaries has increased by more than 300% in the past nine years, according to the South African Institute of Race Relations.
The number of public schools in the country decreased by 9% between 2000 and 2011, from 26 789 to 24 365, according to the South African Institute of Race Relations.
South Africa’s under-five mortality rate has fallen relatively slowly in the past two decades compared to much of the rest of the world, according to the South African Institute of Race Relations. Globally, child mortality has been declining due to advances in healthcare and general living conditions.
South Africa’s performance in key areas of democracy is slipping, according to the latest South Africa Survey, recently published by the South African Institute of Race Relations last month.
The probability of a 15-year-old dying before the age of 60 is higher in South Africa than in over 30 other African countries, according to the latest South Africa Survey, published by the South African Institute of Race Relations (IRR) last week
Extended household numbers rose sharply by almost a million in just two years and were the only type of household to experience growth, according to the latest South Africa Survey, published by the South African Institute of Race Relations (IRR) last week.
Every worker in South Africa supports themselves and on average three additional non-working people, according to the latest South Africa Survey, to be published by the South African Institute of Race Relations in Johannesburg next week.