EarningSpending - Earning and spending in South Africa: Selected findings of the 1995 income and expenditure survey

This report paints a picture of how income was distributed in South Africa in 1995 by using the five income quintiles. It also examines expenditure patterns in households falling into very low, low, middle, high and very high expenditure groups.read more »

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earningspending2000 - Earning and spending in South Africa: Selected findings and comparisons from the income and expenditure surveys of October 1995 and October 2000

This report paints a picture of how income is distributed in South Africa by using the five income quintiles. It also examines expenditure patterns in households falling into very low, low, middle, high and very high expenditure groups. The 2000 data are compared with the 1995 findings inflated to 2000 market values. read more »

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Report-04-04-01 - Final Supply and Use Tables: An input-output framework (SUT)

This report contains the Final Supply and Use Tables (SUT) according to the recommendations of the 1993 System of National Accounts which Stats SA has been implementing since 1995.The tables are closely linked to the estimates for the gross domestic product (GDP). This report contains the final supply and use tables (SU-tables) for 2005. In accordance with international best practice, an update of the base year has to take place regularly every five years. The 1993 SNA requires countries to compile supply and use tables (SU-tables) as they form an integral part of the 1993 SNA. According to the 1993 SNA, the annual estimates of gross value added and its components, as well as output, intermediate consumption expenditure, final consumption expenditure and GDP should all have their origin in annual SU-tables. The SU-tables are intended to include all the transactions in goods and services in an economy for a specific year, e.g. 2005, in a matrix format. They allow for close examination read more »

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uMshwathi

uMshwathi Municipality is situated within uMgungundlovu District Municipality immediately adjacent to Pietermaritzburg. uMshwathi comprises of four major urban centres (New Hanover, Wartburg, Dalton and Cool Air) as well as the rural residential settlements of Swayimane, Mpolweni, Thokozani and Ozwathini. uMshwathi covers an area of about 1 811 km². Economic development opportunities at uMshwathi include the rehabilitation and development of the towns, middle and high-income housing projects as well as development of a road corridor linking the N2 and N3 by traversing the municipality.The importance of agriculture in uMshwathi cannot be overemphasized. Sugar cane is the predominant agricultural pursuit. Manufacturing activities are mainly related to agricultural processing activities, notably sugar and timber processing activities.read more »

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Umhlabuyalingana

uMhlabuyalingana Local Municipalityi s one of five municipalitiesthat fall within uMkhanyakude District Municipality.  uMhlabuyalingana is located in the far northern part of KwaZulu-Natal, sharing its northern border with the country of Mozambique.

The municipality is deeply rural, with almost its entire population living in traditional authority areas. Several nature reserves are located within the municipality, including the Isimangaliso Wetland Park which is a World Heritage Site (Wikipedia).

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Jozini

Jozini Local Municipality is under Umkhanyakude District Municipality, located in the north eastern part of Kwazulu Natal.  The municipality shares a border with Swaziland to the west and Mozambique to the north.  It  covers 3057 km² of the total  area  of Umkhanyakude  District Municipality.  Jozini was predominatly a rural municipality with 89% of the population residing in rural areas under the jurisdiction of tradional authorities. Main towns *** Census 2011 reveals that Jozini is the most populated municipalty within Umkhanyakude making up (186 502) 29.8% of the Umkhanyakude District. Jozini has a large dam constructed on the Phongola River on the eastern end of a narrow gorge separating the Lebombo  and Ubombo mountains.  The main towns include Ingwavuma, Jozini, uBombo, Bhambanana, Mkuze and Ndumo.read more »

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The Big 5 False Bay

Big Five False Bay Municipality is located is a municipality under Umkhanyakude District Municipality.  It is located in the northern part of KwaZulu-Natal province and covers approximately 1191km² of Umkhanyakude Disrict Municipality.  The Municipality has a population of 35 258, the smallest population within the Umkhanyakude District Municipality.

The Municipality is largely rural.  Majority of the population occupy the north-eastern part, which is densely populated by rural traditional communities.  A large proportion of land is used for agriculture and game lodge activities and is sparsely populated.  Hluhluwe is the main semi-urban area for the Municipality.

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Hlabisa

Hlabisa Municipality is one of the local Municipalities under Umkhanyakude district in the KwaZulu-Natal province.  The municipality was named after the surname, Hlabisa, of two Nkosi's in the area.  The municipality is generally characterised by rural communities predominantly under traditional areas.  91% of land was under traditional authority, 3% commercial farmland and 6% urban.  The major town is Hlabisa, with secondary nodes of Mpembeni, Zibayeni and Ezibayeni.read more »

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