Together We Move South Africa Forward In the last 20 years From 1994 to the onset of the 2008 global financial crisis, we had the longest recorded period of uninterrupted economic growth, growing at twice the rate of the last 19 years of apartheid. Since 1994, five million more people are in work, with total employment at 14 million. Twice as many young people attended university and twice as many graduated in 2012 than in 1994. More than 1.4 million students have benefited from the National Student Financial Aid Scheme. The Public Works and Community Work programmes have created 6 million work opportunities for unemployed people, 40% of them young people. Nearly 5,000 farms, have been transferred to black people, benefiting over 200,000 families. Nearly 80,000 land claims, have been settled and 1.8 million people have benefited. The number of people receiving social grants increased from 3 million to 16 million. Over 3.3 million free houses have been built, benefiting more than 16 million people. About 12 million households have access to electricity, 7 million more than in 1994. Around 92% of South Africans have access to potable water, compared to 60% in 1996.
Posted on: Sun, 27 Apr 2014 16:41:26 +0000
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