{"id":156736,"date":"2017-02-10T12:02:06","date_gmt":"2017-02-10T10:02:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/?p=156736"},"modified":"2017-02-10T12:02:06","modified_gmt":"2017-02-10T10:02:06","slug":"68-numbers-from-sona-2017-that-government-really-wants-you-to-focus-on","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/government\/156736\/68-numbers-from-sona-2017-that-government-really-wants-you-to-focus-on\/","title":{"rendered":"68 numbers from SONA 2017 that government really wants you to focus on"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Government\u00a0has released\u00a0a list of key statistics and numbers that president Zuma quoted in his State of the Nation Address on 9 February.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Economy<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>1.3%<\/strong> \u2013 the anticipated economic growth rate in 2017.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>0.5%<\/strong> \u2013 estimated economic growth achieved in 2016.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Energy<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>7 million<\/strong> \u2013 households that have been connected to the grid and now have electricity.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Water and sanitation<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>37%<\/strong> \u2013 the national average of water losses in some municipalities.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>10,000<\/strong> \u2013 unemployed youth being trained as plumbers, artisans and water agents.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>15,000<\/strong> \u2013 the total number to be trained as plumbers, artisans and water agents by end of 2017.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Education<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>173 \u2013 <\/strong>the number of inappropriate school structures that have been eradicated since 2011.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>895<\/strong> \u2013 new schools that provide a conducive learning environment for children.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>87<\/strong> \u2013 points achieved by South Africa in Mathematics.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>90 \u2013 <\/strong>points achieved by South Africa in Science.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Science<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>8 \u2013 <\/strong>African partners who supported South Africa to win the bid to host the Square Kilometre Array telescope.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>R2 billion<\/strong> \u2013 the cost of constructing the MeerKAT telescope.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>75%<\/strong> \u2013 local content used to construct the MeerKAT telescope.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Roads<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>R4.5 billion<\/strong> \u2013 the cost of the project to upgrade the Moloto road.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Tourism<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>9 million<\/strong> \u2013 number of tourist arrivals for January to November 2016.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>13%<\/strong> \u2013 growth in tourist arrivals.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Social development<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>17 million<\/strong> \u2013 people receiving social grants, mainly older persons and children.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Employment<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>2 million<\/strong> \u2013 work opportunities created by the Expanded Public Works Programme since 2014.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>6 million<\/strong> \u2013 target of Expanded Public Works Programme work opportunities by the end of March 2019.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>1 million<\/strong> \u2013 Expanded Public Works Programme work opportunities benefiting the youth.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>61,000<\/strong> \u2013 work opportunities created through the environmental programmes such as Working for Water, Working for Wetlands, Working on Fire and Working for Ecosystems.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>60%<\/strong> \u2013 young people who benefited from environmental programmes such as Working for Water, Working for Wetlands, Working on Fire and Working for Ecosystems.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Health<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>14<\/strong> \u2013 the number of years for implementing the National Health Insurance in three phases.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Inequality<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>5 <\/strong>\u2013 the ratio of white households earning more than black households.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>10%<\/strong> \u2013 the number of the top 100 companies on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange owned by black South Africans.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>72%<\/strong> \u2013 the representation of whites at top management level by 2015\/16.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>10%<\/strong> \u2013 the representation of Africans at top management level by 2015\/16.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>4.5%<\/strong> \u2013 the representation of coloureds at top management level by 2015\/16.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>8.7%<\/strong> \u2013 the representation of Indians at top management level by 2015\/16.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>67.6%<\/strong> \u2013 male representation at top management level by 2015\/16.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>32.4%<\/strong> \u2013 female representation at top management level by 2015\/16.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Procurement<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>R500 billion<\/strong> \u2013 amount spent by the State a year to buy goods and services.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>R900 billion<\/strong> \u2013 government\u2019s annual infrastructure budget.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>30%<\/strong> \u2013 compulsory amount of business to be subcontracted to black-owned enterprises by big contractors.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>10<\/strong> \u2013 number of years in jail for cartels.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Housing<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>4 million<\/strong> \u2013 houses built by government since 1994.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>R7 trillion<\/strong> \u2013 the value of the property market in South Africa.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>R1.5 trillion<\/strong> \u2013 the value of the subsidised property sector in South Africa.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>5%<\/strong> \u2013 stake owned and managed by black people and Africans in particular in the property sector.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>22<\/strong> \u2013 number of entrepreneurs supported by the Black Industrialists Programme.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>R100 million<\/strong> \u2013 to be invested by the Department of Public Works in 2017 on critical capital and maintenance programmes to modernise harbours.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Agriculture and land reform<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>8 million<\/strong> \u2013 hectares of arable land that have been transferred to black people.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>9.8%<\/strong> \u2013 percentage of the eight million hectares of arable land in South Africa that have been transferred to black people.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>82 million<\/strong> \u2013 total hectares of arable land in South Africa.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>19%<\/strong> \u2013 decline in households involved in agriculture between 2011 and 2016.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>2.9 million<\/strong> \u2013 number of households whose involvement in agriculture declined in 2011.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>2.3 million<\/strong> \u2013 number of households whose involvement in agriculture declined in 2016.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>13<\/strong> \u2013 approved proposals for the Strengthening the Relative Rights of People Working the Land programme (50-50 programme).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>921<\/strong> \u2013 number farm dweller households benefiting from the Strengthening the Relative Rights of People Working the Land programme (50-50 programme).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>R631 million<\/strong> \u2013 value of the Strengthening the Relative Rights of People Working the Land programme (50-50 programme) benefitting farm dweller households.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>90%<\/strong> \u2013 land claims settled through financial compensation.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>450<\/strong> \u2013 black smallholder farmers expected to benefit from government\u2019s commercialisation support programme.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>R2.5 billion<\/strong> \u2013 amount made available for the provision of livestock feed, water infrastructure, drilling, equipping and refurbishment of boreholes, auction sales and other interventions.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>R500 million<\/strong> \u2013 funding provided by the Industrial Development Corporation and the Land Bank to distressed farmers to manage their credit facilities and support with soft loans.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Higher education<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>R600 000<\/strong> \u2013 the combined family income of students who will not face fee increases at universities and Technical and Vocational Education and Training colleges in 2017.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>R32 billion<\/strong> \u2013 the amount government has reprioritised to support higher education.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>R122 000<\/strong> \u2013 the National Student Financial Aid Scheme threshold considered too low by students.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Anti-corruption<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>98%<\/strong> \u2013 compliance levels with parole and probation conditions achieved by the Department of Correctional Services.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>389<\/strong> \u2013 asset forfeiture cases completed by the Asset Forfeiture Unit.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>R349 million<\/strong> \u2013 the value of asset forfeiture cases completed by the Asset Forfeiture Unit.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>326<\/strong> \u2013 freezing orders obtained by the Asset Forfeiture Unit.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>R779 million<\/strong> \u2013 the value of freezing orders obtained by the Asset Forfeiture Unit.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>R13 million<\/strong> \u2013 the amount recovered in cases where government officials were involved in corruption and other related offences in 2016.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Foreign trade<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>99%<\/strong> \u2013 South African products that will have preferential market access in the European Union.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>96%<\/strong> \u2013 South African products that will enter the European Union market without being subjected to customs duties or quantitative restrictions.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>1 000<\/strong> \u2013 tariff lines being provided preferential access Southern African Customs Union Mercosur Preferential Trade Agreement.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>20,000<\/strong> \u2013 tons of beef to be exported to China per year for 10 years.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>10<\/strong> \u2013 number of years to export 20 000 tons of beef to China per year.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Read:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/government\/156706\/step-down-for-what-for-who-zuma-responds-to-calls-for-him-to-go\/\" target=\"_blank\">Step down for what? For who? \u2013 Zuma responds to calls for him to go<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Government has released a list of key statistics and numbers that president Zuma quoted in his State of the Nation Address on 9 February.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":74874,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[23],"tags":[25],"class_list":["post-156736","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-government","tag-active"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/156736","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=156736"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/156736\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":156752,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/156736\/revisions\/156752"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/74874"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=156736"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=156736"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=156736"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}