Fast Facts 2014

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• Mirror mirror on the wall 
• Provinces compared 
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• Not butcher, baker, or candlestick maker 
• Trade
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• Law and (dis)order
• Crime
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• A communications revolution
• Communications
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• Not a bad story, but far from a fairytale
• Living conditions
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• Is there a “perfect storm” on the horizon?
• Young, shafted, and black
• Youth
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• Towards recession and “stagflation”
• The economy
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• Our biggest voting bloc: the don’ts
• The 2014 elections
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• Reflecting on twenty years
• Progress report
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• The Economy
  Scrutiny of the bounty.
• 2014 Budget
  Let the budget belts be tightened.
• Budget
  Review of the review.
• Budget
  Short- and long-term trends and projections in government income and spending.
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• Politics
  Apathy, protests and perceptions.
• Politics and international rankings
  Fading affections from outside and within.
• Politics
  Voter trends, perceptions and attitudes.
• International rankings
  South Africa’s ranking on international indices.
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• Education
  Leave the culling to breeders.
• Education
  Signs of a ‘stabilising’ system still blurry.
• Education
  National Senior Certifi cate (NSC) results, 2008-13.
• Education
  The level above — those who make it and the path they choose.
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