Load shedding required?
In 2003, 31% of households had a microwave, this increased to 56% in 2010. The proportion of households with a… Read More
Fact-a-day archive
Not everywhere you go
15% of South African households have a telephone (not a cellular phone) at home. (AMPS2010B) This week’s theme: Household assets
Connecting a lot of people
There are 14 million adult South Africans with a Nokia cellphone, more than all the other brands combined. (AMPS2010B) This… Read More
Luxury races
In 2010, roughly 225,000 South African adults owned a BMW, the figure unchanged from 2005. Over the same period, Mercedes… Read More
Mix and match
There are more than 10 million active unique MXit users in South Africa. (http://bit.ly/oFQoE6) This week’s theme: Social media in… Read More
Young at heart
The 2009 MWEB Friendship 2.0 survey found that the average age of Facebook users in South Africa is 33. (http://bit.ly/ptc7Qe,… Read More