South Africa Statistics

 People often ask where exactly in South Africa we live.  The town in which we live is called Rustenburg.  It's about an hour and a half northwest of Johannesburg and almost directly west of Pretoria.  (Click on the above map to enlarge.)

Rustenburg got it's name from the Afrikaans and Dutch languages and it means "town of rest."  According to the most recent National Census done in 2001, there are 395,539 inhabitants and Rustenburg is reported to be fastest growing city in South Africa.

For more information about our town, visit http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rustenburg

South Africa Statistic

According to the General Household Survey of 2005 there were approximately 118,500 orphans living in a total of 66,500 child-headed households across South Africa at the time of the survey. 

Source : Children Count

South Africa Statistics

Based on its sample of 33,488 women attending 1,415 antenatal clinics across all nine provinces of South Africa, the South African Department of Health Study estimates that 28% of pregnant women were living with HIV in 2007. (The most current data available.) 

 Source: Avert

South African Unemployment Rate

 Photo Source: ChiBart 

South Africa currently has an unemployment rate of 25.3% (in comparison, the rate of unemployment in the U.S. is 9.6%.)

Here is a Bloomberg article about South Africa's unemployment and economy.

 Sources:Stats South Africa,  Wikipedia, Bureau of Labor Statistics

South Africa Statistics

- Local doctors estimate that there are 2 million orphans due to AIDS in South Africa.

- Aid groups estimate that some 38,000 children are trapped in sex trade in South Africa.

- 70,000 babies are born with HIV every year in South Africa.

- UNICEF reports that 5.5 million people are living with AIDS/HIV in South Africa, the highest number of any country in the world.

- In Sub-Saharan Africa six people are infected with HIV every minute. Another six die every minute because of the devastating disease.

- Sub-Saharan Africa has just over 10 percent of the world's population, yet they have more than two-thirds of the people currently living with AIDS.

-1 out of 4 High School students in South Africa is infected with HIV.

-Women and girls are six times more likely to be infected with the AIDS virus than men.

AIDS Statistic

AIDS Statistic

I read an interesting article on MSNBC about AIDS research in South Africa.

Following is a quote from this article:

"During nearly 10 years of government denial and neglect, South Africa developed a staggering AIDS crisis. Around 5.2 million South Africans were living with HIV last year — the highest number of any country in the world. Young women are hardest hit, with one-third of those aged 20-to-34 infected with the virus."

South Africa Statistics

- Local doctors estimate that there are 2 million orphans due to AIDS in South Africa.

- UNICEF reports that 5.5 million people are living with AIDS/HIV in South Africa, the highest number of any country in the world.

- In Sub-Saharan Africa six people are infected with HIV every minute. Another six die every minute because of the devastating disease.

- Sub-Saharan Africa has just over 10 percent of the world's population, yet they have more than two-thirds of the people currently living with AIDS.

-1 out of 4 High School students in South Africa is infected with HIV.

-Women and girls are six times more likely to be infected with the AIDS virus than men.