Historic milestones
- 60 – years since the historic moment when South Africans from all walks of life adopted the Freedom Charter in 1955, in Kliptown, Soweto.
- 25 – the years since the release of President Nelson Mandela from prison and since the unbanning of liberation movements.
Economy
- 3,5% – the gross domestic growth forecasts for global economic growth in 2015.
- 5% – the planned growth target to be achieved by 2019.
Employment
- 15,3 million – people employed in South Africa for the last quarter of 2014.
- 203 000 – the growth in the number of jobs.
- R2 billion – amount claimed to date by employers from the Employment Tax Incentive.
- 29 000 – employers who have claimed from the Employment Tax Incentive.
- 270 000 – number of young people that employers claimed for from the Employment Tax Incentive.
- 6 million – target of work opportunities over five years.
- 850 000 – work opportunities created.
- 1 million – annual target of job opportunities to be created over five years.
- 30 000 – work opportunities created by environmental programmes such as Working on Waste, Working for Wetlands, Working for Water and Working on Fire.
- 60 000 – work opportunities to be created by environmental programmes such as Working on Waste, Working for Wetlands, Working for Water and Working on Fire during the next financial year.
Energy
- R23 billion – to be given to Eskom by government in the next fiscal year.
- 3 – the new power stations Kusile, Medupi and Ingula.
- 10 000 – megawatts of capacity to be added to the national grid by Kusile, Medupi and Ingula power stations.
- 4 000 – megawatts procured by government from Independent Power Producers, using renewable sources.
- R140 billion – money from private investors following the first three bid windows of the renewable energy procurement process.
- 3 900 – megawatts of renewable energy that has been sourced.
- 32 – number of renewable energy projects completed.
- 1 500 – megawatts connected to the grid.
- 100 – megawatts being delivered to the grid by Eskom’s Sere Wind Farm.
- 2 400 – megawatts of new coal fired power generation capacity procured by government from Independent Power Producers.
- 2 400 – megawatts of new gas-fired power generation to commence in the first quarter.
- 2 600 – megawatts of hydro-electric capacity to be sourced from the Southern African Development Community region.
- 9 600 – megawatts nuclear build programme as approved in the Integrated Resource Plan 2010-2030 to be procured by government.
- 5 – the number of countries that presented the proposals on nuclear.
- 48 000 – megawatts of clean hydro-electricity to be generated from the Grand Inga Hydro-electrical Project, in partnership with the Democratic Republic of Congo.
- 15 000 – megawatts that South Africa will access from the hydro-electricity partnership with the Democratic Republic of Congo.
- 3,4 million – households in the country without electricity.
Land and agriculture
- 36 000 – land claims lodged nationally to date before the cut-off date in 2019.
- 50 – farming enterprises to be identified for the 50/50 policy framework, which proposes relative rights for people who live and work on farms.
- 12 000 – maximum of hectares to be set as a ceiling of land ownership in terms of the 50/50 policy framework.
- 90 000 – hectares of land allocated to smallholder farmers, farm dwellers and labour tenants through the Land Reform Programme.
- 27 – the poorest district municipalities to receive agri-parks or cooperatives and clusters this year in order to transform rural economies.
- R2 billion – initial funding made available for the Agri-Park initiative.
- R500 million – projected to be generated in foreign exchange over three years from the export of apples alone.
- 300 – farmers in the Nwanedi Cluster in the Vhembe District Municipality in Musina, who are receiving support from the Limpopo Provincial Government to grow vegetables.
- 1 300 – hectares used for commercial purposes in the Nwanedi Cluster in the Vhembe District Municipality in Musina to grow vegetables.
- 2 500 – jobs created by vegetable farmers in the Nwanedi Cluster in the Vhembe District Municipality in Musina.
Manufacturing
- R24,5 billion – a private-sector investment in the Automotive Investment Scheme.
- R103 billion – value of exports from automotives and components in 2013.
- 152 – number of countries that South Africa’s world-class auto sector exports to.
- 60 million – the pairs of shoes that the South African leather and footwear sector produces.
- 18% – growth in the export of shoes.
- R88 billion – South Africa’s doubled Foreign Direct Investment inflows in 2013, according to the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development.
- R2,8 billion – committed by government to companies in the manufacturing sector, through the Manufacturing Competitiveness Enhancement Programme.
- R12,4 billion – committed by manufacturers in private-sector investment.
Human settlements
- R2,1 billion – ring-fenced to revitalise distressed mining towns.
- R290 million – approved for informal settlement upgrading in Mpumalanga, North West, Gauteng, Northern Cape, Limpopo and the Free State.
- 133 – informal settlements being assessed or prepared for upgrading through the National Upgrade Support Programme.
- 32 – settlements being upgraded through the National Upgrade Support Programme.
- 87 – housing projects being implemented across the prioritised mining towns.
State procurement
- 30% – appropriate categories of State procurement for purchasing from small, medium and micro enterprises, co-operatives as well as township and rural enterprises.
Youth issues
- R25 million – amount disbursed by the National Youth Development Agency to youth-owned micro enterprises in the last financial year nationally.
- 765 – youth-owned micro enterprises that received funding from the National Youth Development Agency in the last financial year nationally.
- 2,7 billion – value of fund for young people supported by the National Youth Development Agency in partnership with the Industrial Development Corporation and the Small Enterprise Finance Agency.
Public entities
- 8 – offices in district municipalities to be connected by government this year to mark the beginning of the first phase of broadband roll out.
- 90 – number of days of the turnaround strategy to stabilise the finances of South African Airways.
Water and sanitation
- 55 – villages in Limpopo, Eastern Cape and North West that benefited from the delivery of water in October 2014.
- R7 billion – money lost by South Africa a year due to water losses.
- 15 000 – artisans or plumbers to be trained through the Department of Water and Sanitation to fix leaking taps in their local communities.
Infrastructure
- R9 billion – to be spent by the Department of Transport on the Provincial Roads Maintenance Grant or the Sihamba Sonke Programme.
- R11 billion – for the upgrading and maintenance of roads that are not tolled.
- R6 billion – to be spent in 13 cities on planning, building and operating integrated public transport networks during this financial year.
- 13 – number of cities to benefit from planning, building and operating integrated public transport networks during this financial year.
- 92 – schools that have been completed through the Accelerated School Infrastructure Delivery Initiative.
- 108 – schools under construction through the Accelerated School Infrastructure Delivery Initiative.
- 342 – schools that have received water for the first time.
- 351 – schools that have received decent sanitation.
- 288 – schools that have been connected to electricity.
- 16 – sites government has identified for the construction of 12 new Technical and Vocational Education and Training College campuses and the refurbishment of two existing campuses.
- 12 – new Technical and Vocational Education and Training College campuses to be built.
- 50 000 – houses delivered in the subsidy and affordable housing segments by 30 September 2014.
- 5 000 – houses for military veterans to be provided by government.
- R9,2 billion – investment committed in gas and oil exploration in the port of Saldanha as part of the Operation Phakisa initiative.
- R1,5 billion – value of the Infrastructure Investment Programme for South Africa, in partnership with the European Union.
Fighting crime and corruption
- 659 – life sentences secured by the South African Police Service’s Family Violence, Child Protection and Sexual Offences Investigation Unit against perpetrators of crimes against women and children.
- 13 575 – public order incidents successfully brought under control by the police.
- 1 907 – unrest-related incidents successfully brought under control by the police.
- 11 668 – peaceful incidents successfully brought under control by the police.
- 7 – anticorruption institutions in place to combat corruption.
- 17 – pieces of legislation intended to combat corruption.
- 52 – persons convicted in corruption cases involving more than R5 million in the 2013/14 financial year.
- 31 – corrupt public servants convicted in the first quarter of 2014/15.
- R430 million – value of freezing orders obtained.
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