Children having children
Approximately 1m births were registered in South Africa in 2020. Of the 112,127 that were registered to mothers aged 10-19,… Read More
Fact-a-day archive
State-Approved Motherly Bonding
In South Africa, employees have a statutory entitlement to four consecutive months (roughly 17 weeks) of unpaid Maternity leave. While… Read More
Grandmothers of the Nation
According to the General Household Survey, 62% (12.2m) of South African children under 17 have an absent father. Grandparents (usually… Read More
Single Mothers
The Mothers of the Nation segment represents 6.7m low-income women in South Africa. On average, they have 1.7 children in… Read More
Smart Moms
The Eighty20 National Segmentation (ENS) Customer Profiling Tool defines Mothers of the Nation as the 6.7m primarily low income, female… Read More
3/4 of a million years reading about Potter
The average length of a Harry Potter book is 487 pages and consists of 154,881 words. With at least 500m… Read More