Fact-a-day archive

Of the 1.8m mortgage loans in South Africa, 10.9% of them are 31 days or more in arrears, an improvement… Read More

There are 14.3 million households in SA. As at end March 2011 there were 1.8 million mortgage accounts, amounting to… Read More

South Africa is ranked 54th out of 178 countries on the Corruption Perceptions Index which measures the perceived level of… Read More

According to the Global Competitiveness Report 2010/11, the most problematic factor for doing business in South Africa is inefficient government… Read More

7% of government sector workers say they work 50 or more hours a week, the corresponding proportion of private sector… Read More

The average monthly salary for workers in the Government sector is just over R9,000. For workers in the private sector,… Read More