The regular section on land reform includes a new section on the racial breakdown of land ownership. Additional new information includes a breakdown of the South African housing market by income and the number of home loans granted by individual income category. There is also a new section on insurance. The communications and transportation sections, including information on road conditions, conclude the chapter.
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THE LIVING CONDITIONS PICTURE
South Africa at a glance
OVERVIEW OF CHANGES
Changes over fourteen years
Changes by household, 1996 and 2010 (actual numbers)
Household and housing changes, 1996 and 2010 (actual numbers)
Household types and facilities, 1996 and 2010 (proportions)
LAND OWNERSHIP
State-owned and privately-owned land by province, March 2011
Privately-owned land by province and race, 2001 (hectares)
Privately-owned land by province and race, 2001 (proportions)
Land delivered to land reform beneficiaries per year through the land redistribution programme, 2001/02–2009/10
Racial breakdown of privately-owned land after land distribution from the 2001/02 financial year
LAND REFORM
Land restitution
Land restitution claims and settlements by province, 1995–2010
Restitution claims settled/to be settled, 2010
Proportion of restitution claims outstanding by province as at March 2010
Restitution hectares transferred, land costs, and costs of financial compensation, 1994/05–2008/09
Number of farms and hectares that could have been purchased with financial compensation money
Land redistribution
Land Redistribution for Agricultural Development (LRAD) under the Land and Agrarian Reform Programme (LARP) delivery figures and targets by province, 2009/10
Land redistribution progress as at March 2010
Proportion of land redistribution target met by province as at March 2010
Number of outstanding hectares to be redistributed by province as at March 2010
The 30% land-redistribution-by-2025 scenario
Farms acquired for emerging farmers and cost of acquiring them, as at August 2009
Land tenure reform
Number of beneficiaries of redistribution and tenure programme by province, 2005/06–2009/10
Draft Land Tenure Security Bill: implications
WATER AND SANITATION
Water
Free basic water
Delivery of free basic water by province by 31 March 2011
Households with access to free basic water, 2001/02–2009/10
Households with access to free basic water, 2001/02–2009/10 (proportions)
All water
National data
Household water sources by race, 2010 (actual numbers)
Household water sources by race, 2010 (proportions)
Household access to portable water, 1993/94–2009/10
Households without water in the dwelling or on site by race and distance travelled to nearest water source, 2010 (actual numbers
Households without water in the dwelling or on site by race and distance travelled to nearest water source, 2010 (proportions)
Provincial data
Access to piped water by province, 1996 and 2010 (actual numbers)
Access to piped water by province, 1996 and 2010 (proportions)
Selected water indicators by province, 2010 (proportions)
Water interruptions
Households that experienced water interruptions by province, 2010
Water quality
Blue and green drop certification programmes
National municipal blue drop performance, 2009–2011
Best blue drop performers in each province, 2011
Blue drop certificate awards, 2011
International comparisons
Urban and rural populations with access to an improved water source, selected countries, 2008
Urban and rural populations with access to an improved water source, emerging markets, 2008
Urban and rural populations with access to an improved water source, selected African countries, 2008
Sanitation
National data
Household sanitation facility by race, 2010 (actual numbers)
Household sanitation facility by race, 2010 (proportions)
Households with access to sanitation and using bucket system, 1993/94–2009/10
Provincial data
Selected sanitation indicators by province, 2010 (actual numbers)
Selected sanitation indicators by province, 2010 (proportions)
Waste water quality
National municipal green drop performance, 2009 and 2011
Provincial green drop performance, 2011
Green drop certificate awards, 2011
International comparisons
Population with access to improved sanitation facilities, selected countries, 2008
Population with access to improved sanitation facilities, emerging markets, 2008
Population with access to improved sanitation facilities, selected African countries, 2008
HOUSING
Housing types
National data
Detailed breakdown
Households by type of dwelling and race, 1996 and 2010 (actual numbers)
Households by type of dwelling and race, 1996 and 2010 (proportions)
Summary of changes
Types of housing occupied, 1996 and 2010
Types of housing occupied, 1996
Types of housing occupied, 2010
Changes in housing types, 1996–2010 (actual numbers)
Backyard structures
Number of all backyard structures, 1996 and 2010
Proportion of formal and informal backyard structures, 1996 and 2010
Breakdown of backyard structures, 1996
Breakdown of backyard structures, 2010
Number and proportion of backyard structures by province, 2010
Trends in backyard structures
Provincial data
All housing
Types of housing by province, 1996 and 2010 (actual numbers)
Types of housing by province, 1996 and 2010 (proportions)
Change in types of housing by province, 1996-2010 (actual numbers)
Change in types of housing by province, 1996-2010 (proportions)
Urbanisation and internal migration: explanation of informal dwelling trends
Informal dwellings
Households residing in informal dwellings by province, 1996 and 2010 (actual numbers)
Households residing in informal dwellings by province, 1996 and 2010 (proportions)
Services available to households living in informal dwellings, 2010
Municipal data
Types of housing by municipality, 2009
Terms of occupation
National data
All housing types
Household tenure status by race, 2010 (actual numbers)
Household tenure status by race, 2010 (proportions)
Household tenure status by race, 2010
Household tenure status by sex, 2010 (actual numbers)
Household tenure status by sex, 2010 (proportions)
Household tenure status by sex, 2010
Formal housing
Household tenure status of people residing in formal dwellings, 2010 (actual numbers)
Household tenure status of people residing in formal dwellings, 2010 (proportions)
RDP housing as a proportion of total and formal housing by province, 2010
Provincial data
Household tenure status by province, 2010 (actual numbers)
Household tenure status by province, 2010 (proportions)
Municipal data
Tenure status by municipality, 2009
International data
Household size and housing ownership, selected countries
Household size and housing ownership, emerging markets
Household size and housing ownership, selected African countries
Housing provision
Housing backlog
Annual housing backlog figures, 1996/97–2008/09
Homelessness
Informal dwellings and settlements
Housing backlogs
New deadline for eradicating housing backlog
Government and private sector housing
Private sector and government housing construction, 1997/98–2010/11
The South African market by income levels, 2009
Number of home loans granted by individual income category, 2011
Government subsidy housing
Houses completed or under construction by province, April 1994–March 2011
Qualifying criteria for government subsidy housing
Planned units and units completed/in progress, 1994/95–2009/10
Breakdown of housing delivery by houses and serviced sites completed, by province 2009/10 and 2010/11 (actual numbers)
Breakdown of housing delivery by houses and serviced sites completed, by province 2009/10 and 2010/11 (proportions)
RDP/state subsidised housing indicators by province, 2010
Investigations, arrests, and convictions in housing subsidy fraud cases as at August 2010
Private sector housing
Residential buildings completed by the private sector by size, 2003–2010
DOMESTIC ENERGY
Sources of energy
Household sources of energy by race, 2010 (actual numbers)
Household sources of energy by race, 2010 (proportions)
Electrification
Households without electricity and households added to the national grid, 1994/95–2008/09
Proportion of households with and without electricity by province, 2002 and 2010
Proportion of households without electricity by province, 2002 and 2010
Electricity for lighting, cooking, and heating by province, 2010 (proportions)
REFUSE DISPOSAL
Household refuse disposal by race, 2010 (actual numbers)
Household refuse disposal by race, 2010 (proportions)
Proportion of households whose refuse is removed by municipalities by province, 2002 and 2010 (proportions)
Proportion of households whose refuse is removed by municipalities by province, 2010
BACKLOGS AND BASIC SERVICES
Backlogs by province, 2010
Provincial breakdown of consumer units receiving free basic services from municipalities, June 2010
Indigent households, by province, 2010
MUNICIPAL LIVING CONDITIONS
Living conditions indicators by municipality, 2009
FINANCIAL SERVICES
Banking
Banking status of South African adults, 2007–2010 (actual numbers)
Banking status of South African adults, 2007–2010 (proportions)
Proportion of each race with bank accounts, 2007–2010
Number of Mzansi accounts opened, 2005–2010
Insurance
Short-term insurance products held, 2007–2010 (proportions)
Long-term insurance products held, 2007–2010 (proportions)
COMMUNICATIONS
Broadcasting
Households with television sets and radios, 2002–10
Top ten commercial radio stations by listenership, 2010
The Press
Number of printed media publications, 1991–2011
Postal services
Postal services by race, 2007 (actual numbers)
Postal services by race, 2007 (proportions)
Households with and without postal facilities by province, 2007
Telecommunications
Telephones
Households with landline access by race, 2010 (actual numbers)
Households with landline access by race, 2010 (proportions)
Households with cellular phone access by race, 2010 (actual numbers)
Households with cellular phone access by race, 2010 (proportions)
Racial breakdown of households by access to all telephones, 2007 and 2010 (proportions)
Access to all telephones by province, 2010
Proportion of people with landline access and cellphone access by province, 2010
Access to fixed line and cellular telephones, selected countries, 2008 and 2009
Access to fixed line and cellular telephones, emerging markets, 2009
Access to fixed line and cellular telephones, selected African countries, 2009
The internet
Internet usage by race, June 2010 (proportions)
Number of internet users, 2000–2010
Internet access by province, 2010 (numbers and proportions)
Internet access by province, 2010 (proportions)
Internet users, selected countries, 2009
Internet users, emerging markets, 2009
Internet users, selected African countries, 2009
Communications by municipality
Access to communication services by municipality, 2009
Transportation
Public transport
Commuters by mode of transport, 2010
Vehicle statistics
Registered vehicles by province, 2003-04 and December 2009
Motorised vehicles registered by year-end, December 1999–December 2009
Road accidents
Number of fatal crashes and fatalities by province, 2006/07 and 2010/11
Number of fatalities by type of vehicle, December 2009
Comparison of fatalities between selected modes of public transport, 2008 and 2009
Road conditions
The condition of paved and gravel roads (kilometres), May 2010