Fact-a-day archive

30% of South African youths say they have been tested for HIV. Of those who have not been tested, reasons… Read More

Of sexually active South African youths, 6% say they have had unprotected sex with someone they think is HIV positive…. Read More

45% of South African youths personally know someone who has died of AIDS or an AIDS related disease. (Source: Young… Read More

58% of South African youths are ‘very worried’ that they will contract AIDS in the future. 68% are ‘very worried’… Read More

The unemployment rate at September 2006 was 25.5%, the lowest it has been for six years. (LFS 2006) This week’s… Read More

In 2001 there were 554,000 people employed in the mining industry. In 2006 the figure was 398,000, a fall of… Read More