MyPE

Community Business Directory, Event Listings, News and Views from Gqeberha, Nelson Mandela Bay

SONA by the Numbers

By

  • 21 years – since former President Nelson Mandela walked to freedom after 27 years as a political prisoner.
  • 17 years – since South Africa’s transition to a non-racial, non-sexist, equal and democratic society.
  • 400 000 – the number of additional people served with basic water supply in 2010.
  • 81% – the proportion of the country electrified, compared to 63% in the year 2000.
  • 8,6% – the decline in the murder rate over the past year.
  • 15 million – the number of South Africans currently receiving social grants.
  • R9 billion – Government’s fund to support job creation over the next three years.
  • R10 billion – funds set aside by the Industrial Development Corporation for investment over the next five years in economic activities with high jobs potential.
  • R20 billion – tax allowances or tax breaks to be put in place to promote investments, expansions and upgrades in the manufacturing sector.
  • R550 million – funds set aside for upgrades and expansions.
  • 30% – the mining industry’s contribution to the country’s total export revenue.
  • 7,3 million – the number of tourists that arrived in South Africa last year.
  • 95 – the number of meetings and conferences South Africa has secured between 2010 and 2016.
  • R2 billion – the contribution of the cultural industries sector to the country’s Gross Domestic Product
  • R475 million – the contribution of the Cape Town International Jazz Festival to the Western Cape economy.
  • 2 000 – the number of jobs created during the Cape Town International Jazz in 2010.
  • R75 billion – Eskom’s investment in the new stations Medupi, Kusile and Ingula, as well as the return to service and transmission of other projects.
  • 400 000 – the number of households that should have security of tenure by 2014.
  • R2,6 billion – the amount that government will spend on water services this year.
  • 4,5 million – the number of work opportunities that the Expanded Public Works Programme aims to create.
  • 800 – the number of construction jobs created by the Bid for the Square Kilometre Array radio telescope
  • 6 000 – the number of learners supported by Denel, Eskom, SAA and Transnet in technical and engineering-related scarce and critical skills.
  • 105 – the number of nursing colleges that will be revitalised countrywide to train more nurses.
  • 5 million – the number of HIV tests done since the launch of the testing campaign in April 2010.
  • 700 000 – the number of first-time identity documents issued in Libode following the National Population Registration Campaign.
  • R800 million – the funds allocated for immediate relief to assist communities affected by floods.
  • 2 000 – the military personnel deployed by.the South African National Defence Force in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the Sudan and the Central African Republic.
  • 2,5 trillion – the value of South Africa’s mining assets – in US dollars.
The following two tabs change content below.
My Twitter profileMy Facebook profileMy Google+ profileMy LinkedIn profileMy Flickr profileMy Pinterest profile

Alan Straton

Chief Cook, Bottle Washer and Broom Mechanic at MyPE
Passionate about Port Elizabeth and definitely NOT packing for Perth. Alan's ethos is epitomised in the words of Nelson Mandela; "I have fought against white domination and I have fought against black domination. I have cherished the idea of a democratic and free society. If need be, it is an ideal for which I am prepared to die." See more articles by Alan.

Reader Interactions

Comments

  1. 17 years to destroy our health and education system. When mines become state owned,how
    long will it take to destroy our mineral wealth??

  2. These figures don’t mean much, some are in the future, others don’t equate to what one sees at grassroots level. Put together by a Government spindoctor or supporter no doubt.