Education How many pupils are there in South African schools? Source Department of Basic Education: School Realities 2022 Short answer How many pupils are there in South African schools? In 2022, there were 13,419,971 learners in ordinary public and independent schools in South Africa. (Note: This number excludes early childhood development centres and special schools.) ... Back Full answer
Education How many teachers are there in South African schools? Source Department of Basic Education: School Realities 2022 Short answer How many teachers are there in South African schools? In 2022, there were 450,993 teachers in South African schools. (Note: These numbers exclude early childhood development centres and special schools.) ... Back Full answer
Education How many public and independent schools are there in South Africa? Source Department of Basic Education: School Realities 2022 Short answer How many public and independent schools are there in South Africa? In 2022, there were 24,871 public and independent schools in South Africa. (Note: These numbers exclude early childhood development centres and special schools.) ... Back Full answer
Education Health Where does South Africa rank based on the human capital the average child can expect to achieve? Source Human Development Report 2021/2022 Short answer Where does South Africa rank based on the human capital the average child can expect to achieve? The World Bank’s Human Capital Index measures “the amount of human capital that a child born today can expect to attain by age 18”. It expresses this as a value between zero and one. An economy in which the average worker achieves both full health and full education potential will score a valu... Back Full answer
Education What is the adult literacy rate in South Africa? Source Department of Higher Education and Training - Fact Sheet: Adult Illiteracy in South Africa 2022 Short answer What is the adult literacy rate in South Africa? In 2020, the South African adult illiteracy rate was 90%, indicating an improvement of 2.1 percentage points from 2019. ... Back Full answer
#YouAsked Covid-19 How many confirmed Covid-19 cases are there in South Africa? Source WHO Health Emergency Dashboard - Covid-19 Short answer How many confirmed Covid-19 cases are there in South Africa? The total number of laboratory-confirmed cases stood at 4,011,657 as of 31 Aug 2022. The World Health Organization (WHO) keeps a tally of global confirmed Covid-19 cases, which is updated daily.You can find the numbers per country here and here. ... Back Full answer
#YouAsked Covid-19 How many coronavirus cases are there in Pretoria, South Africa? Source NICD Coronavirus Online Portal Short answer How many coronavirus cases are there in Pretoria, South Africa? There is no data available on the current number of Covid-19 cases in Pretoria, but according to the National Institute for Communicable Diseases, as of 28 May 2022 there were 1,307,007 confirmed cases in Gauteng. ... Back Full answer
Covid-19 #YouAsked Health Has Mpumalanga reached a vaccination milestone of 1,000,000 people vaccinated? Source Covid-19 Resources and News Portal Short answer Has Mpumalanga reached a vaccination milestone of 1,000,000 people vaccinated? As of 17 November 2021, the total number of individuals vaccinated in Mpumalanga stood at just over 1 million (1,420,542). ... Back Full answer
#YouAsked Covid-19 Health Is it true that if you are not vaccinated for Covid-19 you can’t receive the Older Persons Grant? Source President Cyril Ramaphosa Short answer Is it true that if you are not vaccinated for Covid-19 you can’t receive the Older Persons Grant? No. Legally, no one can be forced or coerced into taking the vaccine. This was affirmed by President Cyril Ramaphosa when he addressed parliament on 3 September 2021: “No one should be forced to be vaccinated. Instead, we need to use the available scientific evidence to encourage — repeat encour... Back Full answer