One brick at a time
In the formal employment sector, the construction sector has had the highest annual growth rate (11.5%) from 2001 to 2006…. Read More
Fact-a-day archive
A helping hand?
Segmenting South Africa’s households by main source of income, almost a quarter (24%) rely on pensions and grants as their… Read More
The spirit of Ubuntu
More than half (53%) of black multiple person households include extended family and non-relatives. For white households, this figure is… Read More
Sisters, cousins and aunts
77% of black households in South Africa consist of more than one person. Of these, 53% include extended family or… Read More
Rock steady
The number of employees in the mining and quarrying industry in South Africa in 1935 was 400,274. In 2006 it… Read More
Power, power everywhere, …
In 2007, 80% of South African households used electricity as their main source of lighting. In 1996 the proportion was… Read More