Fact-a-day archive

South Africans add 551 tonnes of table sugar to their beverages and cereal each day (AMPS2009A) This week’s theme: Food

In 2009 10.6% of households have internet at home, up from 7.2% in 2007 (AMPS2009A, AMPS2007B) This week’s theme: Households,… Read More

There are 13.4 million households in South Africa. Nearly 7% in rent-free accommodation (and don’t own their dwellings) (GHS 2008)… Read More

2.4 million South African adults moved into another house or flat in the year prior to the survey. Two thirds… Read More

1.7 million South African households live in shacks, matchbox or RDP houses, of which 1.1 million have at least one… Read More

According to the Department of Human Settlements between 1994 and 2008 2,604,763 subsidised housing units were fully or partly completed… Read More