TheRosenkowitz Sextuplets(born 11 January 1974 in South Africa to Susan Wilson) are the first known set ofsextupletsto survive infancy. Their total birthweight was 11.0 kg. (http://bit.ly/JNScJk)

This week’s theme: Moms

South Africa’s oldest ever woman, Moloko Temo, died (apparently) aged 134 in June 2009. She had 29 grandchildren, 58 great-children and countless great-great-grandchildren. The official old age record is held by Jeanne Calment of France who died aged 123 in 1997. (tgr.ph/JHn9Pd, bit.ly/JtojRF)

This week’s theme: Moms

6.4% of unmarried teenage girls aged 15-19 (166,000) are pregnant or have been pregnant in the past 12 months (GHS 2010)

This week’s theme: Moms

There are 1.27 million women in South Africa who have been pregnant in the past 12 months or still are pregnant. 51% are single and have never been married/never lived together as husband/wife before (GHS 2010)

This week’s theme: Moms

The housing subsidy is currently valued at about R140,000, which includes the provision of a 40m2 house on a 250m2 plot of serviced land, entirely for free, to households earning less than R3,500 per month. The house is partitioned into a living area, two bedrooms, and a bathroom. (http://bit.ly/LOak8Q)

This week’s theme: Construction, housing and infrastructure

Current estimates from the Department of Housing suggest that, although the government has been delivering houses for the poor through the housing subsidy scheme (approximately 3 million houses delivered since 1994), the housing backlog remains on the increase. In 2001 the backlog was estimated to be 1.8 million houses, in 2011 this increased to 2.1 million. (http://bit.ly/LOak8Q)

This week’s theme: Construction, housing and infrastructure

The three cities with the most office space under construction are: Guangzhou (2.91 million m2), Ho Chi Minh City (2.69 million m2) and Moscow (1.82 million m2). Johannesburg has 250 000 m2 of office space under construction. (http://bit.ly/JGd4yA)

This week’s theme: Construction, housing and infrastructure

According to ABSA the average nominal house prices for 2011 are: Small homes (80m2

At June 2011, the average gross rent for a Class A building was: Cape Town CBD: R95/m2, Durban CBD: R85/m2, and Johannesburg CBD: R65/m2. (http://bit.ly/JGd4yA)

This week’s theme: Construction, housing and infrastructure

Based on pay and benefits, training and development, career opportunities, working conditions and company culture, the top three companies to work for in South Africa are: Unilever South Africa (Pty ) Ltd, Vodacom Group Ltd and SANRAL. (bit.ly/JgPRVE)

This week’s theme: Labour Force