State of the middle class
52% of black people earning R8,000 or more per month are employed by the state or a state owned enterprise…. Read More
Fact-a-day archive
A quarter middle class
Using a monthly per capita income of R2,250 or more to identify those in the middle class, there are around… Read More
What goes up …
Over the period 1997 to 2006, South Africa’s house prices increased by 351%. For the United Kingdom, the increase was… Read More
Got the T-shirt
Roughly 30 million tourists visited the United Kingdom in 2005. 7.5 million visited South Africa (Pocket World in Figures, 2008… Read More
Long live the Queen
Life expectancy in South Africa is expected to be about 49 years (over the period 2005-10). In the United Kingdom… Read More
i’m lovin’ it
A Big Mac in South Africa costs R15.50 (January 2007). In the United Kingdom, the price is equivalent to R28…. Read More