Nearly two thirds of South African adults are somewhat or very interested in alternative methods of medicine and healing. (AMPS2011)

This week’s theme: Health in South Africa

A recent GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) national health survey reveals that 61% of South Africans are overweight, obese or morbidly obese. 17% of children under nine are overweight. (http://bit.ly/uUjm6E)

This week’s theme: Health in South Africa

The immunization rates for primary vaccines for children under 1 year of age in South Africa increased from 66.4% in 2001 to 95.3% in 2009. (Millenium Development Goals, South Africa Country Report 2010)

This week’s theme: Health in South Africa

South Africa’s road network is valued at R1.7 trillion and is classed as South Africa’s largest single public asset. (National Development Plan)

This week’s theme: The National Development Plan

It took 30 years to double South Africa’s real GDP from 1979-2009.South Africa now hopes to double real GDP in the next 20 years (by 2030). (http://bit.ly/v44arE, National Development Plan)

This week’s theme: The National Development Plan

Since 2008, Africa’s broadband capacity has increased by almost 12000% to over 10 terabytes (1 trillion bytes) per second. (National Development Plan)

This week’s theme: The National Development Plan

In historically white schools, about 56% of learners are are now black. The race profile of higher education institutions has also changed: 32% of all students in 1990 were African; by 2009 this had increased to 66% (National Development Plan)

This week’s theme: The National Development Plan

On 11 November 2011 Minister Trevor Manuel released the National Development Plan – Vision for 2030. One its targets is to reduce unemployment from 27% now to 14% in 2020 and to 6% in 2030. This requires an additional 11 million jobs (bit.ly/uBN49T )

This week’s theme: The National Development Plan

Massmart Holdings Ltd was ranked top of JSE retail sector in FM/Empowerdex Top Empowerment Companies Survey 2011. (http://bit.ly/tz55SH)

This week’s theme: Walmart and Massmart

Walmart has 2.1 million full time employees; this is seven times greater than the population of Iceland (http://data.worldbank.org/country/iceland, http://cnnmon.ie/ul0yxJ)

This week’s theme: Walmart and Massmart