54% of urban adults have complete confidence in the major banks (ABSA, FNB, Standard, and Nedbank), more than double the proportion for each of Cosatu, local government and the SA Communist Party (Futurefact 2009)

This week’s theme: Voters in SA

In the 2009 provincial elections, the ANC won eight of the provinces with between 60.8% (Northern Cape) and 85.6% (Mpumalanga) of the votes. The Western Cape provincial elections was won by the DA with 51.5% of the votes. (IEC South Africa, www.elections.org.za)

This week’s theme: Voters in SA

Voter turnout for the 2009 national elections stands at 77.3% for South Africa as a whole. The province with the highest proportion is Mpumalanga (80.4%) while the lowest is Limpopo (69.6%). (IEC South Africa, www.elections.org.za)

This week’s theme: Voters in SA

South Africa scored a 7.91 (out of 10) in the EIU’s Democracy Index of 2008, ranked 31 out of 167 countries covered. Sweden had the highest score (9.88) and North Korea the lowest (0.86). (The Economist Intelligence Unit’s Index of Democracy 2008, http://bit.ly/cbT6Lm)

This week’s theme: Voters in SA

In the 2009 general election, the DA got 16.7% (up 4.3% from 2004) of the votes, and the ID 0.9% (down 0.8%). News reports suggest they are to merge. (http://bit.ly/dcf6CX, http://bit.ly/amHKvn)

This week’s theme: Voters in SA

Around 45,000 households in Cape Town claimed to have received a subsidised house. In Durban the figure is 114,000. (GHS 2007)

This week’s theme: Cape Town

14% of households in Cape Town live on less than R20 per capita income per day. For Johannesburg the proportion is 2%. (AMPS2009B RA)

This week’s theme: Cape Town

13% of adults in Cape Town go to a gym/health club or do other exercise on a weekly basis. For Durban the proportion is 21%, and for Johannesburg it is 28%. (AMPS2009B RA)

This week’s theme: Cape Town

There are 1.6 million coloured people living in Cape Town, and 1.2 million black people (2007 figures). While the coloured population remained constant over the period 2005-07, the black population increased at an annual rate of 11%. (GHS 2005, 2007)

This week’s theme: Cape Town

11% of Capetonian adults have a tertiary education. For Johannesburg the proportion is 35% (AMPS2009B)

This week’s theme: Cape Town