SoNA-In-Numbers – February 2017

Economy

• 1.3% – the anticipated economic growth rate in 2017.
• 0.5% – estimated economic growth achieved in 2016.

Energy

• 7 million – households that have been connected to the grid and now have electricity.

Water and sanitation

• 37% – the national average of water losses in some municipalities.
• 10 000 – unemployed youth being trained as plumbers, artisans and water agents.
• 15 000 – the total number to be trained as plumbers, artisans and water agents by end of 2017.

Education

• 173 – the number of inappropriate school structures that have been eradicated since 2011.
• 895 – new schools that provide a conducive learning environment for children.
• 87 – points achieved by South Africa in Mathematics.
• 90 – points achieved by South Africa in Science.

Science

• 8 – African partners who supported South Africa to win the bid to host the Square Kilometre Array telescope.
• R2 billion – the cost of constructing the MeerKAT telescope.
• 75% – local content used to construct the MeerKAT telescope.

Roads

• R4.5 billion – the cost of the project to upgrade the Moloto road.

Tourism

• 9 million – number of tourist arrivals for January to November 2016.
• 13% – growth in tourist arrivals.

Social development

• 17 million – people receiving social grants, mainly older persons and children.

Employment

• 2 million – work opportunities created by the Expanded Public Works Programme since 2014.
• 6 million – target of Expanded Public Works Programme work opportunities by the end of March 2019.
• 1 million – Expanded Public Works Programme work opportunities benefiting the youth.
• 61 000 – work opportunities created through the environmental programmes such as Working for Water, Working for Wetlands, Working on Fire and Working for Ecosystems.
• 60% – young people who benefited from environmental programmes such as Working for Water, Working for Wetlands, Working on Fire and Working for Ecosystems.

Health

• 14 – the number of years for implementing the National Health Insurance in three phases.

Inequality

• 5 – the ratio of white households earning more than black households.
• 10% – the number of the top 100 companies on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange owned by black South Africans.
• 72% – the representation of whites at top management level by 2015/16.
• 10% – the representation of Africans at top management level by 2015/16.
• 4.5% – the representation of coloureds at top management level by 2015/16.
• 8.7% – the representation of Indians at top management level by 2015/16.
• 67.6% – male representation at top management level by 2015/16.
• 32.4% – female representation at top management level by 2015/16.

Procurement

• R500 billion – amount spent by the State a year to buy goods and services.
• R900 billion – government’s annual infrastructure budget.
• 30% – compulsory amount of business to be subcontracted to black-owned enterprises by big contractors.
• 10 – number of years in jail for cartels.

Housing

• 4 million – houses built by government since 1994.
• R7 trillion – the value of the property market in South Africa.
• R1.5 trillion – the value of the subsidised property sector in South Africa.
• -5% – stake owned and managed by black people and Africans in particular in the property sector.
• 22 – number of entrepreneurs supported by the Black Industrialists Programme.

• R100 million – to be invested by the Department of Public Works in 2017 on critical capital and maintenance programmes to modernise harbours.

Agriculture and land reform

• 8 million – hectares of arable land that have been transferred to black people.
• 9.8% – percentage of the eight million hectares of arable land in South Africa that have been transferred to black people.
• 82 million – total hectares of arable land in South Africa.
• 19% – decline in households involved in agriculture between 2011 and 2016.
• 2.9 million – number of households whose involvement in agriculture declined in 2011.
• 2.3 million – number of households whose involvement in agriculture declined in 2016.
• 13 – approved proposals for the Strengthening the Relative Rights of People Working the Land programme (50-50 programme).
• 921 – farm dweller households benefiting from the Strengthening the Relative Rights of People Working the Land programme (50-50 programme).
• R631 million – value of the Strengthening the Relative Rights of People Working the Land programme (50-50 programme) benefitting farm dweller households.
• 90% – land claims settled through financial compensation.
• 450 – black smallholder farmers expected to benefit from government’s commercialisation support programme.
• R2.5 billion – amount made available for the provision of livestock feed, water infrastructure, drilling, equipping and refurbishment of boreholes, auction sales and other interventions.
• R500 million – funding provided by the Industrial Development Corporation and the Land Bank to distressed farmers to manage their credit facilities and support with soft loans.

Higher education

• R600 000 – the combined family income of students who will not face fee increases at universities and Technical and Vocational Education and Training colleges in 2017.
• R32 billion – the amount government has reprioritised to support higher education.
• R122 000 – the National Student Financial Aid Scheme threshold considered too low by students.

Anti-corruption

• 98% – compliance levels with parole and probation conditions achieved by the Department of Correctional Services.
• 389 – asset forfeiture cases completed by the Asset Forfeiture Unit.
• R349 million – the value of asset forfeiture cases completed by the Asset Forfeiture Unit.
• 326 – freezing orders obtained by the Asset Forfeiture Unit.
• R779 million – the value of freezing orders obtained by the Asset Forfeiture Unit.
• R13 million – the amount recovered in cases where government officials were involved in corruption and other related offences in 2016.

Foreign trade

• 99% – South African products that will have preferential market access in the European Union.
• 96% – South African products that will enter the European Union market without being subjected to customs duties or quantitative restrictions.
• 1 000 – tariff lines being provided preferential access by the Southern African Customs Union Mercosur Preferential Trade Agreement.
• 20 000 – tons of beef to be exported to China per year for 10 years.
• 10 – number of years to export 20 000 tons of beef to China per year.