One third of households in South Africa spend less than R100 per person (adult equivalents) on food per month (GHS 2005)

This week’s theme: Shopping in South Africa 2

35% of urban adults (16+) think that the car someone drives is the most important indicator of someone’s social class, standing or prestige (16+). (FutureFact 2006)

This week’s theme: Shopping in South Africa 2

45% of urban black adults (16+) strongly agree with the statement ‘I always try to purchase/buy locally manufactured/made goods if possible’. The corresponding percentage for whites is 29%. (FutureFact 2006)

This week’s theme: Shopping in South Africa 2

29% of urban adults (16+) say they plan to buy a house in the next year (FutureFact 2006)

This week’s theme: Shopping in South Africa 2

There are nearly 1.5 million credit card holders in South Africa, (around 866,000 MasterCard and 640,000 Visa) (AMPS2005A)

This week’s theme: Banking in South Africa

For those who are not banked, the main reasons are because they don’t have a job (mentioned by 57% of unbanked people) and that they don’t have regular income (43%) (Finscope 2005)

This week’s theme: Banking in South Africa

Of all mortgage bond holders, ABSA has the biggest share at 34%. The largest share of new mortgage bonds go to Standard Bank, at 32% of new bonds (APMS 2005 RA)

This week’s theme: Banking in South Africa

The most common negative association with banks is the length of queues (mentioned by 68% of banked customers). The other major gripes are were ‘response to queries is slow ‘(33%), ‘can’t talk to senior people directly’ (32%), ‘decisions take too long’ (29%) and ‘ATMs only provide cash in large notes’ (29%) (Finscope 2005)

This week’s theme: Banking in South Africa

The average age of Nedbank’s customers is 45. For each of Standard Bank, FNB, and ABSA, the average is closer to 40. (AMPS2005A)

This week’s theme: Banking in South Africa

38% of adults (16+) say they shop for pleasure at least once a month (AMPS2005A)

This week’s theme: Shopping in South Africa