Labour force participation
Approximately 1.3 billion people live in Africa, accounting for 17% of the global population. Of these, 764 million people (or… Read More
Fact-a-day archive
Unemployment Rate
According to the latest Quarterly Labour Force Survey, the number of employed people in South Africa has increased by 358… Read More
Freedom to vote
In 1893, New Zealand became the first country in the world to grant women the right to vote. In 1994,… Read More
Not So Freedom
Slavery was officially abolished in South Africa in 1834 when 35 000 Cape slaves were given their freedom. This freedom… Read More
Freedom to love
South Africa was the fifth country in the world, and the first in Africa, to allow legal marriages between same-sex… Read More
Economic Freedom
According to The Heritage Foundation’s ‘Index of Economic Freedom’, South Africa’s economy is the 102nd freest out of 186 countries… Read More