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There were 13 million pupils (pre-grade R to Grade 12) in ordinary public and independent schools in 2019, according to preliminary data from the department of basic education. This was an increase from 12.8 million in 2018. (Note: This number excludes early childhood development centres an...

In 2019, there were 23,076 ordinary public schools and 1,922 independent schools in South Africa, according to preliminary datafrom the department of basic education. The total was 24,998 – a decrease from 25,154 in 2018. (Note: These numbers exclude early childhood development centres an...

There were 444,857 teachers in ordinary public and independent schools in 2019, according to preliminary data from the department of basic education – an increase from 437,449 in 2018.(Note: These numbers exclude early childhood development centres and special schools.)...

First launched in 2018, the HCI measures the amount of human capital that a child born today can expect to attain by age 18. It conveys the productivity of the next generation of workers compared to a benchmark of complete education and full health. A child born in South Africa today will b...

According to the UNESCO Institute for Statistics, in 2017 literacy rates for adults stood at 87%. Related: Is Zimbabwe’s adult literacy rate the highest in Africa? ...

In 2018, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (Unesco) ranked South Africa 99th out of 159 countries based on its adult literacy rate. This rate is defined as the “percentage of the population ages 15 and older that can, with understanding, both read and write a sho...

During South Africa's national election in 2019, the country had a registered voting population of 26,756,649. In 2014, it was 25,388,082. More: South Africa’s 2019 election in numbers ...

No. An article on the website Ihlaya News reports that the University of Venda is planning to introduce a course on witchcraft that will include classes on “lightning” and “thunder”. The article was flagged as possibly false by Facebook’s fact-checking system. But it’s not false - o...