Fact-a-day archive

On 31 October 2011 the world’s population will reach seven billion, a day chosen by the United Nations Population Fund… Read More

40% of South African adults who invest on the stock exchange are women, up from 33% in 2004. (AMPS2011, 2004)… Read More

6.1 million South African adults (18% of all adults) accessed the internet in the past 4 weeks, up from 4.6… Read More

15% of South African adults have a landline telephone at home. 80% personally own, rent or use a cellphone. (AMPS2011)… Read More

11% of all SA adults use the internet for social networking, up from 4% in 2009. (AMPS2011, 2009B) This week’s… Read More

15% of South African adults read the Daily Sun, more than triple the next most read daily newspaper, the Sowetan…. Read More