45% of employed women earn R1 000 a month or less. 27% of employed men earn R1 000 or less. (Labour Force Survey 2005)

This week’s theme: Women in the Workforce

There are 5.3 million employed women in South Africa. Around 3 million work in the formal sector. (Labour Force Survey 2005)

This week’s theme: Women in the Workforce

Using the expanded definition of unemployment, 77% of women aged 25 – 60 are economically active. Of those who are economically active, 40% are unemployed. 25% of economically active men aged 25 -60 are unemployed (expanded definition) (Labour Force Survey 2005)

This week’s theme: Women in the Workforce

Over 12% of household heads in South Africa’s townships say they run a business from their home. (TRPM 2004, cited in a working paper entitled “South Africa’s Township Residential Property Market: Home Ownership and Entrepreneurship” by Mark Dinner)

This week’s theme: Housing in South Africa

8% of households in South Africa moved house in the last year. 15% of white households moved in the past year compared to just over 6% of black households. (AMPS2005A)

This week’s theme: Housing in South Africa

70% of households say they own their dwellings, 19% rent their dwellings while the balance occupy their dwellings rent free, mostly as part of their employment contract. (GHS 2004)

This week’s theme: Housing in South Africa

53% of formal main dwellings in South Africa have a flush toilet inside the dwelling. (LFS 2004)

This week’s theme: Housing in South Africa

15% of households in South Africa live in shacks, around 3% live in backyard dwellings, while 12% live in traditional dwellings / huts. (LFS 2004)

This week’s theme: Housing in South Africa

Of the households that purchased television sets in the last 12 months, one third have a per capita income of less than R20 per day. (AMPS2005A, Eighty20 analysis)

This week’s theme: The fortune at the bottom of the South African pyramid

60% of households in South Africa are in LSMs 1 to 5 corresponding to 6.3 million households. Within this segment, 1.7 million households have a per capita income of more than R20 per day. (AMPS2005A, Eighty20 analysis)

This week’s theme: The fortune at the bottom of the South African pyramid