Fast Facts 2012

Contents:

• Africa
  More than half a century after the first, a second wind of change is blowing through the continent.
• Local Government
  This month’s issue of Fast Facts presents our annual statistical report on the eight metropolitan and 44 district municipalities in South Africa (pages 4–17). Each is compared in the following areas: demographics, education, employment, types of dwelling, household access to services, water and sanitation, transport to work or school, social security, crime and security, and finance.
• Local Government
  Sixty-three indicators for 52 municipalities.
• Fast Stats

Contents:

• Unemployment
  At long last there may be light at the end of a very long tunnel — not because of what the Government is doing, but because of what it is saying.
• Politics
  To mark the 100th birthday of the African National Congress (ANC), John Kane-Berman ponders on a few comparisons between  South Africa and Russia, both before and after the political transitions in each country.
• Education
  Matric results, 2008-2011.
• Education
  The 2011 National Senior Certificate Examinations produced a pass rate of 70%. But even if it is not true that weaker pupils are culled to improve pass rates, the standards are so low that 70% is meaningless.
• Fast Stats