- 5% – economic growth target by 2019
- R847 billion – the amount to be spend over the next three years on infrastructure.
- 60 – MeerKat dishes to be built in the next five years
- 100 – Square Kilometre Array dish antennas to be built in the next five years.
- 75% – goods and services that the state will buy to promote local procurement and increase domestic production
- R50 billion – the value of Transnet’s locomotive contracts that will promote local content and boost economic growth.
- 9,6 million – the record number of tourist arrivals in South Africa in 2013.
- 15 million – the annual target set for foreign visitor arrivals by 2017.
- R125 billion – tourism’s contribution to the country’s revenue by 2017.
- R230 billion – the total assets of development finance institutions.
- 133 000 employees have benefited from the employment tax incentive in only five months.
- 11 000 employers have participated in the employment tax scheme.
- 6 million work opportunities will be created by the Expanded Public Works Programme by 2019.
- 4 million work opportunities have been created by the Expanded Public Works Programme since 2009.
- 1 million work opportunities will be created by the Community Works Programme by the end of 2019.
- 1 million jobs will be created in the agricultural sector by 2030.
- R32,3 billion was invested in the African continent in 2013, up from R5,5 billion in 2002.
- 11 municipalities have achieved consistent performance in audits, expenditure on municipal infrastructure grants and service delivery.
- 100 projects, mainly in water and sanitation, will be started over the next 12 months, mainly in the Eastern Cape and KwaZulu-Natal.
- 63% of South Africans were living in towns and cities by 2011.
- 250 000 Grade 12 learners will be gaining university entrance in 2019, up from 172 000 in 2013.
- South Africans are urged to dedicate 67 minutes to good deeds on Mandela Day, 18 July.
- 1 million people will benefit from infrastructure development in the Mbizana and Ntabankulu municipalities in the Eastern Cape.
State of the Nation Address in numbers - June 2014
