SoNA-In-Numbers – February 2017
10 Feb 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 – number 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 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.
Issued by Government Communications, 10 February 2017