SoNA in numbers

PSM takes a look at some of the important numbers from SoNA

In his maiden State of the Nation Address (SoNA) President Cyril Ramaphosa outlined key numbers that track the progress South Africa is making in areas such as employment, health, education, social development and infrastructure development.

PSM takes a look at some of the important numbers from the President's speech.

Employment

3.2 million – work opportunities created by public employment programmes.

1 million – public servants employed by the state.

6 million – working South Africans whose earnings are expected to increase.

Social development

3.5 million – indigent households being supported by government's free basic services programme.

17 million – social grants being paid each month, benefiting nearly a third of the population.

1 million – children in early childhood development facilities.

Education

60.6 percent – matric pass rate in

2009.

75.1 percent – matric pass rate in

2017.

1 million – students enrolled in higher education in 2018.

500 000 – students enrolled in higher education in 1994.

39 500 – bursaries to be awarded by the Funza Lushaka Bursary Programme for Initial Teacher Education over the next three years.

1 million – internships to be created in the next three years.

R350 000 – the gross combined annual income of households of first-year students benefiting from free higher education in 2018.

Economy and investment

R57 billion – amount spent on locally produced goods.

30 percent – value of public procurement to be set aside for small, medium and micro enterprises, cooperatives, and township and rural enterprises.

R1.5 billion – value of the Small Business Fund established through the CEOs Initiative.

26 – countries whose markets will be combined by the free-trade area.

625 million – population of 26 countries whose markets will be combined by the free-trade area.

Tourism

700 000 – direct jobs being sustained by tourism.

Infrastructure development

187 – schools in rural and underprivileged urban areas across the country completed under the Accelerated Schools Infrastructure Delivery Initiative programme.

Health

2 million – additional people to be initiated on antiretroviral treatment by December 2020.