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Educational attainment has grown significantly in SA. In 2001, the average working-age individual had 8.5 years of education compared to 10.6 years by 2023. In 2023, 46% of the working-age population had completed secondary schooling compared to 27% in 2001 - @TimothyKohler
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Recorded crime is not all crime. In Stats SA's 2025/26 victims survey, 94,0% of households where a member was murdered said it was reported to the police.
For housebreaking it was 48,2%, and for theft of personal property 37,3%.
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Over 10 years (2015/16 to 2024/25), recorded kidnappings rose by 237% and attempted murder by 52,4%.
Recorded burglaries at homes fell by 44,6%. The population grew by 12,3% over the same years.
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On one consistent Stats SA population series, the murder rate rose from 30,0 in 2011/12 to 45,4 in 2022/23.
SAPS published no rate for 2014/15 and changed population estimates after it, so we mark the gap instead of joining the line.
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South Africa's police recorded 66,9 murders per 100 000 people in 1994/95 and 30,9 in 2011/12.
The rate then mostly rose, and was 39,1 in 2024/25, the latest year with annual figures. A thread on three decades of SAPS data.
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98% of the refugees admitted to the U.S. under Trump have been white South Africans.
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SA’s power crisis has eased sharply: @Eskom_SA had ~6GW spare peak capacity going into winter and has avoided load-shedding for 12+ months, the first such run since 2018. But solar uptake, weak demand and around R359bn ($22bn) debt weigh on revenues - @FT ft.com/content/107b354b-ba03…
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South Africa has about 70% of the Africa's data centres - @FT ft.com/content/107b354b-ba03…
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#SAFertility || The total fertility rate peaked in 2007 at 2,86 and is on a declining trend. From its peak, fertility has declined by 0,74.
Acting DDG, @raku_19, will discuss South Africa's fertility rate on @AlexFMRadio891 at 07h10.
Read more here: statssa.gov.za/?p=19764
#StatsSA #KnowYourStatsZA #GovZAUpdates #SAPopulation
SA’s power crisis has eased sharply: @Eskom_SA had ~6GW spare peak capacity going into winter and has avoided load-shedding for 12+ months, the first such run since 2018. But solar uptake, weak demand and around R359bn ($22bn) debt weigh on revenues - @FT ft.com/content/107b354b-ba03…
. @Eskom_SA 's energy availability factor (EAF) — which shows the percentage of its coal-fired stations able to deliver power, rather than broken down or in maintenance — improved to 66% this year, from about 50% in 2023 - ft.com/content/107b354b-ba03…
. @Eskom’s EAF was about 92% in 1998 to 2001. Earlier in the 90s it was much lower: around 75% in 1990 and 76% in 1991, before breaking above 80% in 1993 - thegwpf.org/content/uploads/…
South Africa has about 70% of the Africa's data centres - @FT ft.com/content/107b354b-ba03…
According to the @Our_DA , 56% of the 1,025 police stations nationwide they tried to contact in their audit were uncontactable. In Limpopo, just 10.3% of stations answered their phones.
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Over half of surveyed pregnant South Africans said their pregnancies were unintended.
This was highest among teenage girls and singles.
What’s driving unintentional pregnancies in South Africa?
[my upcoming essay]
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#SAInflation || Beef mince inflation slowed from 22,2% to 15,3% and stewing beef from 22,6% to 8,7%. Chief Director, Patrick Kelly, will share key insights from the latest #CPI data on @jozifm at 19:30.
🔗: statssa.gov.za/?p=19553
#StatsSA #KnowYourStatsZA #GovZAUpdates #CPI
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Instead, this article says South Africa has 7-8 million barrels of strategic fuel reserves (mostly crude oil) which would last around two weeks - How South Africa’s limited oil reserves expose it to global shocks iol.co.za/business/2026-03-2…
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"By law there are supposed to be two months’ supply of transport fuel held in reserve at any one time. The minister’s failure to confirm whether this legal requirement is being met raises serious concerns that the two-month reserve has not been maintained." @Our_DA
"By law there are supposed to be two months’ supply of transport fuel held in reserve at any one time. The minister’s failure to confirm whether this legal requirement is being met raises serious concerns that the two-month reserve has not been maintained." @Our_DA
Instead, this article says South Africa has 7-8 million barrels of strategic fuel reserves (mostly crude oil) which would last around two weeks - How South Africa’s limited oil reserves expose it to global shocks iol.co.za/business/2026-03-2…
