If FAD subscribers could vote in Polokwane, 15% would vote for Zuma, 33% for Mbeki and 52% would want another candidate.

This week’s theme: The road to Polokwane

Limpopo has the lowest percentage of in-migrants (residents who are not born in the province) at 6.4% of the population. (Community Survey 2007)

This week’s theme: The road to Polokwane

According to FutureFact, there are nearly 1.5m women who are members of a women’s group. 32% say they have no confidence in Jacob Zuma. For Mbeki the figure is 13.6% (FutureFact 2007)

This week’s theme: The road to Polokwane

74% of urban South Africans have some or complete confidence in Thabo Mbeki. For Jacob Zuma, the proportion is 51%. (FutureFact 2007)

This week’s theme: The road to Polokwane

In 1996 39% of households in Limpopo used electricity for lighting. In 2007 this had increased to 81% (Community Survey 2007)

This week’s theme: The road to Polokwane

One third of the seats in the national parliament are held by women. Of all Sub-Saharan African countries, only Rwanda and Mozambique have higher proportions. (African Development Indicators, 2007, World Bank)

This week’s theme: South Africa and neighbours

For Sub-Saharan Africa as a whole 49% of those aged 65 or older are part of the labour force. For South Afica, the figure is 11.5%. (African Development Indicators, 2007, World Bank)

This week’s theme: South Africa and neighbours

South Africa’s Rigidity of employment index (0 least rigid to 100 most rigid), in 2006 was 41. Lowest was Uganda at 7, and joint highest were Guinea-Bissau and Niger, at 77 each. (African Development Indicators, 2007, World Bank)

This week’s theme: South Africa and neighbours

In 2005, South Africa’s child immunisation rate (measles) expressed as a percenatage of of children aged 12-23 months, was 82%. Of South Africa’s neighbours, Botswana, Lesotho and Zimbabwe all had higher immunisation rates. (African Development Indicators, 2007, World Bank)

This week’s theme: South Africa and neighbours

In 2005, the gross domestic product of Sub-Saharan Africa was $630 billion. Highest was South Africa at $242 billion, followed by Nigeria at $97 billion. (African Development Indicators, 2007, World Bank)

This week’s theme: South Africa and neighbours