Stats in Brief Ten Years of Democratic Governance

statistics south africa Stats in brief ten years of democratic governance PAGE Statistics South Africa Private Bag X44 Pretoria 0001 South Africa 170 Andries Street Pretoria 0002 User Information Services: (012) 310 8600 Fax: (012) 310 8500 Printing and Distribution: (012) 310 8044 (012) 310 8161 Statistics Fax: (012) 321 7381 South Africa Email: [email protected] Website: www.statssa.gov.za PAGE Stats in brief, 2004 Ten years of democratic governance Pali Lehohla Statistician-General Statistics South Africa 2004 PAGE Published by Statistics South Africa Private Bag X44 Pretoria 0001 ISBN 0–621–34972–0 © Statistics South Africa, 2004 Data from this publication may be reproduced, applied or processed, provided Statistics South Africa (Stats SA) is acknowledged as the original source of the data; that it is specified that the application and/or analysis is the result of the user's independent processing of the data; and that neither the basic data nor any reprocessed version or application thereof may be sold or offered for sale in any form whatsoever without the prior permission of Stats SA. PAGE ii Introduction This edition of Stats in brief is being released to coincide with the Rounding ten-year anniversary of the first democratic elections in South Africa. The compilers have therefore attempted to present data Figures are rounded off independently of one another; details, covering as much as possible of the past decade. therefore, may not add to totals because of rounding. There were, however, a number of factors preventing coverage of Definitions and terms used in this publication the full ten years. First, the cut-off point for updating data was 30 September 2003. In most cases it has not been possible to report Collective living quarters beyond 2002. Second, comparable data were not available in all instances, as some variables or data-collection methods have Living quarters where certain facilities are shared by groups of altered, as needs of stakeholders have changed and certain individuals or households. They can be divided into: (a) hotels, improvements been made to the data collection methods. Thus, motels, guest houses, etc.; (b) workers' hostels and student whilst some tables cover up to eight years, in other cases residences; and (c) institutions. comparable data are only available for three or four years. Economically active As always, we invite users to comment on the usefulness of this A person of working age (15-65 years) who is available for work, booklet. More detailed information on any of the topics included and is either employed or unemployed. here may be obtained from the Stats SA publications and releases mentioned, or from our User Information Services or the website. Language spoken most often in the household The language most often used by the individual at home, Abbreviations and symbols whether or not they consider it their mother tongue. n.e.c. = not elsewhere classified Not economically active SA = South Africa Persons not in the labour force, such as housewives/ SADC = Southern African Development Community homemakers, students and scholars, pensioners and retired .. = Data not available people, and any others not seeking work during the reference - = No response from respondents period. 0 or 0,0 = Figure too small to publish RDP = Reconstruction and development programmes PAGE iii Official or strict definition of unemployment · an underestimate of household income; and Those people within the economically active population who: · an overestimate the number of paternal orphans and the (a) did not work in the seven days prior to the reference day; (b) number of fathers missing from the household. wanted to work and were available to start work within a week; and (c) had taken active steps to look for work or start some form of self-employment in the previous four weeks. ¹ This is a common feature of censuses, particularly in developing countries. Extract from the Report of the Census Subcommittee to the South African Statistics In addition: · Scanning problems caused some births to be recorded in Council on Census 2001 the wrong province. The number of cases is relatively small and should not lead to too much distortion for most Preliminary investigations indicate that the 2001 census probably purposes for which these data are used; however, it does resulted in: produce obviously erroneous results in when one tries to · An underestimate of the number of children below age estimate the extent of inter-provincial migration of those five;¹ born since the previous census. · an overestimate of the number of teenagers aged between · The fertility data (numbers of children ever born, children 10 and 20; surviving) are problematic. · an underestimate of the number of men relative to the number of women;¹ For further details of these investigations see the full Report of the · an underestimate of the number in the white population; Census Subcommittee. · higher than expected numbers aged 80 and older, in the African population; Tables comparing Census data · an underestimate of the number of foreign-born, since some identified themselves incorrectly as being South For Census 2001, imputation was used to allocate values for African-born; unavailable, unknown, incorrect or inconsistent responses to · age misstatement in the range 60-74; other categories. 'Undetermined' values were used for only a · an overestimate of the extent of unemployment; few variables in a few cases (such as industry and occupation). · an underestimate of those who were employed for only a For Census '96, all such values were grouped as 'Other' or few hours per week; 'Unspecified'. PAGE iv Preface The achievement of democracy in any country is indeed an migration, industry-based statistics, the labour market, national important event to celebrate. In this regard, an excellent accounts, development measures such as education and access opportunity for festivity presents itself in South Africa after ten to services, and economic indices such as the consumer price years of democratic rule. index are all presented. But ten years of freedom is also a time for reflecting on how far the Our mission is to provide users with official statistics that enable country has progressed in terms of its socio-economic them to become more competent in what they do. As the next development, and how far it still has to go. Measurement of the decade of freedom dawns, statistics and information will set the change that has taken place in South Africa since the momentous scene as an anchor for decision-making, a barometer for event of the first free and fair elections becomes increasingly monitoring progress, a radar for determining direction and finally important for monitoring and planning purposes. Statistics South an auditor for assessing impact. Africa (Stats SA), as the official statistics agency of the country, has a vital role to play in this regard, through the process and We hope that this issue will be useful, not only for planners in products of its quantitative data collections and analyses. national, provincial and local government, but also for the private sector, and the various structures within civil society that promote In this document, Stats SA focuses on information from the democracy and good governance. Finally I would like to thank the various data series that have been collected over the period from team that worked on this commemorative release. 1994 to 2003, in order to give a summary of the changes that have taken place in the country. We are not able to present data for the full ten years for most topics, since some collections are new, and in other cases 2003 data have not yet been processed. Nevertheless, we cover a wide spectrum of statistics. Numbers reflecting demographic, social and economic change are Pali Lehohla included. For example, data on vital statistics, documented Statistician-General PAGE v Please scroll down PAGE vi Contents 1. Geography and climate 001 10. Prices 077 2. Demography 009 11. Mining 087 3. Vital statistics 025 12. Manufacturing 091 4. Tourism 033 13. Energy 101 5. Documented migration 041 14. Construction 105 6. National accounts 045 15. Transport 109 7. Government finances 051 16. Selected internal trade activities 113 8. Debts 059 17. Social services and housing 119 9. Labour statistics 063 18. Education 141 PAGE vii South Africa Limpopo Mpumalanga Gauteng North West Free State KwaZulu-Natal Northern Cape Eastern Cape Western Cape PAGE viii Geography and climate PAGE 001 Geography and climate Page 1.1 Area of each province in square kilometres 003 1.2 Area by province in South Africa (percentages) 004 1.3 Average maximum temperature (°C) for the months of January and July in provincial capitals, 1994-2003 005 1.4 Average minimum temperature (°C) for the months of January and July in provincial capitals, 1994-2003 006 1.5 Average number of hours of sunshine per day for the months of January and July in provincial capitals, 1994-2003 007 1.6 Total rainfall (mm) for the months of January and July in provincial capitals, 1994-2003 008 PAGE 002 Geography and climate 1.1 Area of each province in square kilometres Eastern Free KwaZulu- Mpuma- Northern North Western South Cape State Gauteng Natal Limpopo langa Cape West Cape Africa 169 580 129 480 17 010 92 100 123 910 79 490 361 830 116 320 129 370 1 219 090 Source: Department of Land Affairs Northern Cape, the largest province, covers 29,7% of the total land area of South Africa, while Gauteng, the smallest province, comprises

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