In the past year 2.2 million adults stayed in a hotel for at least one weekend away. (AMPS2008A)

This week’s theme: Holidays in South Africa

During 2007 a total of 6.4m households or household members undertook at least one trip which lasted one or more nights away from home. In 2006 the number was 6.1m and 5.7m in 2005. (General Household Survey 2005-2007)

This week’s theme: Holidays in South Africa

85% of South African adults have never travelled by air inside SA. 93% have never travelled by air outside SA. (AMPS2008A)

This week’s theme: Holidays in South Africa

59% of all trips away from home (at least one night away) were to visit family and friends. 17% were to attend a funeral. (General Household Survey 2007)

This week’s theme: Holidays in South Africa

48% of employed South Africans get paid paid leave. (Labour Force Survey 2008 Quarter 2)

This week’s theme: Holidays in South Africa

68% of the adult population say that if they had HIV/Aids, they would be prepared to disclose their status (up from 62% in 2007). (FutureFact 2008)

This week’s theme: FutureFact 2008 (more)

56% of South Africans say that if the police and government do nothing about crime, ordinary people have the right to take the law into their own hands. (FutureFact 2008)

This week’s theme: FutureFact 2008 (more)

41% of our population define themselves as middle class and 16% upper middle class. 32% say they are working or lower class and 4% claim to be upper class. 7% are unable to say what class they are. (FutureFact 2008)

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68% of South Africans believe it is a problem that foreigners are taking the jobs that South Africans don’t want. (FutureFact 2008)

This week’s theme: FutureFact 2008 (more)

72% of the population purport to possibly vote for a viable opposition if there was one (66% of blacks). This was pre the existence of Cope. (FutureFact 2008)

This week’s theme: FutureFact 2008 (more)