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Department of Communications, 13 February 2015 The State of the Nation in Numbers Historic milestones * 60 - years since the historic moment when South Africans from all walks of life adopted the Freedom Charter in 1955, in Kliptown, Soweto. * 25 - the years since the release of President Nelson Mandela from prison and since the unbanning of liberation movements. Economy * 3,5% - the gross domestic growth forecasts for global economic growth in 2015. * 5% - the planned growth target to be achieved by 2019. Employment * 15,3 million - people employed in South Africa for the last quarter of 2014. * 203 000 - the growth in the number of jobs. * R2 billion - amount claimed to date by employers from the Employment Tax Incentive. * 29 000 - employers who have claimed from the Employment Tax Incentive. * 270 000 - number of young people that employers claimed for from the Employment Tax Incentive. * 6 million - target of six million work opportunities over five years. * 850 000 - work opportunities created. * 1 million - annual target of job opportunities to be created over five years. * 30 000 - work opportunities created by environmental programmes such as Working on Waste, Working for Wetlands, Working for Water and Working on Fire. * 60 000 - work opportunities to be created by environmental programmes such as Working on Waste, Working for Wetlands, Working for Water and Working on Fire during the next financial year. Energy * R23 billion - to be given to Eskom by government in the next fiscal year. * 3 - the new power stations Kusile, Medupi and Ingula. * 10 000 - megawatts of capacity to be added to the national grid by Kusile, Medupi and Ingula power stations. * 4 000 - megawatts procured by government from Independent Power Producers, using renewable sources. * R140 billion - money from private investors following the first three bid windows of the renewable energy procurement process. * 3 900 - megawatts of renewable energy that has been sourced. * 32 - number of renewable energy projects completed. * 1 500 - megawatts connected to the grid. * 100 - megawatts being delivered to the grid by Eskom's Sere Wind Farm. * 2 400 - megawatts of new coal fired power generation capacity procured by government from Independent Power Producers. * 2 400 - megawatts of new gas-fired power generation to commence in the first quarter. * 2 600 - megawatts of hydro-electric capacity to be sourced from the Southern African Development Community region. * 9 600 - megawatts nuclear build programme as approved in the Integrated Resource Plan 2010-2030 to be procured by government. * 5 - the number of countries that presented the proposals on nuclear. * 48 000 - megawatts of clean hydro-electricity to be generated from the Grand Inga Hydro-electrical Project, in partnership with the Democratic Republic of Congo. * 15 000 - megawatts that South Africa will access from the hydro-electricity partnership with the Democratic Republic of Congo. * 3,4 million - households in the country without electricity. Land and agriculture * 36 000 - land claims lodged nationally to date before the cut-off date in 2019. * 50 - farming enterprises to be identified for the 50/50 policy framework, which proposes relative rights for people who live and work on farms. * 12 000 - maximum of hectares to be set as a ceiling of land ownership in terms of the 50/50 policy framework. * 90 000 - hectares of land allocated to smallholder farmers, farm dwellers and labour tenants through the Land Reform Programme. * 27 - the poorest district municipalities to receive agri-parks or cooperatives and clusters this year in order to transform rural economies. * R2 billion - initial funding made available for the Agri-Park initiative. * R500 million - projected to be generated in foreign exchange over three years from the export of apples alone. * 300 - farmers in the Nwanedi Cluster in the Vhembe District Municipality in Musina, who are receiving support from the Limpopo Provincial Government to grow vegetables. * 1 300 - hectares used for commercial purposes in the Nwanedi Cluster in the Vhembe District Municipality in Musina to grow vegetables. * 2 500 - jobs created by vegetable farmers in the Nwanedi Cluster in the Vhembe District Municipality in Musina. Manufacturing * R24,5 billion - a private-sector investment in the Automotive Investment Scheme. * R103 billion - value of exports from automotives and components in 2013. * 152 - number of countries that South Africa's world-class auto sector exports to. * 60 million - the pairs of shoes that the South African leather and footwear sector produces. * 18% - growth in the export of shoes. * R88 billion - South Africa's doubled Foreign Direct Investment inflows in 2013, according to the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development. * R2,8 billion - committed by government to companies in the manufacturing sector, through the Manufacturing Competitiveness Enhancement Programme. * R12,4 billion - committed by manufacturers in private-sector investment. Human settlements * R2,1 billion - ring-fenced to revitalise distressed mining towns. * R290 million - approved for informal settlement upgrading in Mpumalanga, North West, Gauteng, Northern Cape, Limpopo and the Free State. * 133 - informal settlements being assessed or prepared for upgrading through the National Upgrade Support Programme. * 32 - settlements being upgraded through the National Upgrade Support Programme. * 87 - housing projects being implemented across the prioritised mining towns. State procurement * 30% - appropriate categories of State procurement for purchasing from small, medium and micro enterprises, co-operatives as well as township and rural enterprises. Youth issues * R25 million - amount disbursed by the National Youth Development Agency to youth-owned micro enterprises in the last financial year nationally. * 765 - youth-owned micro enterprises that received funding from the National Youth Development Agency in the last financial year nationally. * 2,7 billion - value of fund for young people supported by the National Youth Development Agency in partnership with the Industrial Development Corporation and the Small Enterprise Finance Agency. Public entities * 8 - offices in district municipalities to be connected by government this year to mark the beginning of the first phase of broadband roll out. * 90 - number of days of the turnaround strategy to stabilise the finances of South African Airways. Water and sanitation * 55 - villages in Limpopo, Eastern Cape and North West that benefited from the delivery of water in October 2014. * R7 billion - money lost by South Africa a year due to water losses. * 15 000 - artisans or plumbers to be trained through the Department of Water and Sanitation to fix leaking taps in their local communities. Infrastructure * R9 billion - to be spent by the Department of Transport on the Provincial Roads Maintenance Grant or the Sihamba Sonke Programme. * R11 billion - for the upgrading and maintenance of roads that are not tolled. * R6 billion - to be spent in 13 cities on planning, building and operating integrated public transport networks during this financial year. * 13 - number of cities to benefit from planning, building and operating integrated public transport networks during this financial year. * 92 - schools that have been completed through the Accelerated School Infrastructure Delivery Initiative. * 108 - schools under construction through the Accelerated School Infrastructure Delivery Initiative. * 342 - schools that have received water for the first time. * 351 - schools that have received decent sanitation. * 288 - schools that have been connected to electricity. * 16 - sites government has identified for the construction of 12 new Technical and Vocational Education and Training College campuses and the refurbishment of two existing campuses. * 12 - new Technical and Vocational Education and Training College campuses to be built. * 50 000 - houses delivered in the subsidy and affordable housing segments by 30 September 2014. * 5 000 - houses for military veterans to be provided by government. * R9,2 billion - investment committed in gas and oil exploration in the port of Saldanha as part of the Operation Phakisa initiative. * R1,5 billion - value of the Infrastructure Investment Programme for South Africa, in partnership with the European Union. Fighting crime and corruption * 659 - life sentences secured by the South African Police Service's Family Violence, Child Protection and Sexual Offences Investigation Unit against perpetrators of crimes against women and children. * 13 575 - public order incidents successfully brought under control by the police. * 1 907 - unrest-related incidents successfully brought under control by the police. * 11 668 - peaceful incidents successfully brought under control by the police. * 7 - anticorruption institutions in place to combat corruption. * 17 - pieces of legislation intended to combat corruption. * 52 - persons convicted in corruption cases involving more than R5 million in the 2013/14 financial year. * 31 - corrupt public servants convicted in the first quarter of 2014/15. * R430 million - value of freezing orders obtained. 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