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| THE STATE OF PLAY IN 2012 | 790 |
| Parliament | 790 |
| The National Assembly | 790 |
| The state of play in the National Assembly after the 2009 | |
| national election | 790 |
| Proportional representation and seats held by party after | |
| the 2009 national election | 790 |
| The National Council of Provinces | 791 |
| Seats held in the National Council of Provinces after | |
| the 2009 provincial elections | 791 |
| Number of delegates to the National Council of Provinces | |
| after the 2009 provincial elections | 791 |
| Provincial legislatures | 792 |
| The state of play in provincial legislatures following the | |
| 2009 provincial elections | 792 |
| Seats in provincial legislatures after the 2009 | |
| provincial elections | 792 |
| Local authorities | 793 |
| Classification of municipalities | 793 |
| Party representation | 793 |
| Ward and proportional representation votes by party, 2011 | 793 |
| Representation in the eight metropolitan municipalities | |
| in 2012 | 794 |
| Representation in the eight metropolitan municipalities | |
| in 2012 (proportions) | 794 |
| By-elections | 795 |
| By-elections results since the 2011 local government | |
| elections | 795 |
| Control of councils | 795 |
| Councils controlled by party, 2000–2012 | 795 |
| Traditional authorities | 796 |
| Recognised traditional leaders by province, 2012 | 796 |
| The Traditional Courts Bill | 796 |
| Women in legislatures | 797 |
| Female members of the National Assembly, 1994–2012 | 797 |
| Women in the National Assembly by party, 2012 | 798 |
| Female members of provincial legislatures (MPLs), | |
| 1994–2009 | 798 |
| Female local councillors, 2000–2011 | 798 |
| VOTING TRENDS | 799 |
| Voter turnout | 799 |
| Voter turnout in national, provincial, and local elections, | |
| 1994–2011 | 799 |
| Voting trends | 799 |
| ANC and DA/DP share of votes cast and eligible votes in | |
| national and provincial elections, 1994–2009 | 799 |
| Proportion of votes cast and eligible voters captured by | |
| the ANC, 1994–2009 | 800 |
| Proportion of votes cast and eligible voters captured by | |
| the DA/DP, 1994–2009 | 800 |
| Changes in party representation 1994–2009 | 800 |
| Performance of Parliament | 801 |
| GOVERNMENT PERFORMANCE | 802 |
| Statutory audits | 802 |
| Audits of national departments, 2000/01–2010/11 | 802 |
| Audits of provincial departments, 2000/01–2010/11 | 802 |
| Unauthorised and irregular expenditure by province, 2012 | 803 |
| Audits of municipalities, 2001/02–2010/11 | 803 |
| Audits of public entities, 2001/02–2010/11 | 804 |
| Other performance indicators | 804 |
| Rating of provincial premiers, 2012 | 804 |
| Service delivery backlogs, 2012 | 804 |
| Government debt to service providers | 805 |
| Invoices older than 30 days owed by national and | |
| provincial departments, 2012 | 805 |
| Money owed to water boards by municipalities, 2011 | 805 |
| Debt owed to municipalities | 805 |
| Money owed to Gauteng municipalities, 2012 | 805 |
| Confidence indicators | 806 |
| Business confidence in government | 806 |
| Business confidence in government policy, 2010-12 | 806 |
| Change in business confidence in government | |
| policy, 2010-12 | 806 |
| Opinion polls | 807 |
| People who believe that the Government is performing well, | |
| 2000–10 | 807 |
| People who believe that the country is going in the center | |
| direction, 2000-2011 | 808 |
| Satisfaction with service delivery by local municipalities | |
| by race, 2011 | 809 |
| Satisfaction with service delivery by local municipalities | |
| by age, 2011 | 809 |
| Satisfaction with service delivery by local municipalities, | |
| by selected metropolitan area, 2011 | 809 |
| Satisfaction with service delivery by local municipalities | |
| by Living Standards Measure, 2011 | 810 |
| Satisfaction with service delivery by local municipalities | |
| by language group, 2011 | 810 |
| Corruption perceptions, 2012 | 811 |
| Perceptions of problems in South Africa by race, 2012 | 811 |
| ‘Service-delivery’ protests | 811 |
| Major service delivery protests, 2004–2012 | 811 |
| Service delivery protests by province, Jan-July 2012 | 812 |
| OTHER OPINION POLLS/SURVEYS | 812 |
| The Judiciary | 812 |
| Views on the Judiciary, 2012 | 812 |
| Social cohesion | 813 |
| Happy future | 813 |
| People confident in a happy future for all races, 2000–11 | 813 |
| Race relations | 814 |
| People who believe that race relations are improving, | |
| 2000–11 | 814 |
| Identity | 815 |
| How South Africans describe themselves, 2004–11 | 815 |
| Proportion of people who are proud of being South African, | |
| 2003–10 | 815 |
| Civil society | 816 |
| Charitable giving and volunteering | 816 |
| Volunteers by sex and type of activity, 2010 | 816 |
| Organisation-based volunteer work, 2010 | 816 |
| World Giving Index, selected countries, 2011 | 817 |
| GOOD GOVERNANCE index | 818 |
| The Rainbow Index, 2010/11 | 818 |
| INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS | 820 |
| South African missions abroad, 2001/02–2010/11 | 820 |
| Foreign countries and international organisations represented | |
| in South Africa, 2012 | 820 |
| INTERNATIONAL COMPARISONS | 821 |
| Budget transparency | 821 |
| Open Budget Index, selected countries, 2006–10 | 821 |
| Open Budget Index, emerging markets and | |
| African countries, 2006–10 | 821 |
| Governance | 822 |
| Governance Indicators, selected countries, 2010 | 822 |
| Governance Indicators, emerging markets, 2010 | 824 |
| Governance Indicators, selected African countries, 2010 | 826 |
| Freedom and democracy | 828 |
| Freedom in the world, selected countries, 2012 | 828 |
| Press freedom in the world, selected countries, 2012 | 829 |
| Democracy Index, selected countries, 2012 | 830 |
| Democracy Index, emerging markets, 2012 | 832 |
| Democracy Index, selected African countries, 2012 | 834 |
| NOTES ON VARIOUS POLITICAL AND GOVERNMENTAL MATTERS | 836 |
| The ruling alliance | 836 |
| African National Congress (ANC) | 836 |
| Centenary celebrations | 836 |
| Conferences | 836 |
| Factionalism and succession | 837 |
| Cadre deployment | 837 |
| Membership figures and audits | 837 |
| ANC membership by province, December 2007-September | |
| 2012 | 838 |
| ANC branches, 2007-2010 | 838 |
| The ANC Youth League (ANCYL) | 839 |
| Julius Malema | 839 |
| South African Communist Party (SACP) | 839 |
| Congress of South African Trade Unions (Cosatu) | 839 |
| Governmental matters | 840 |
| The Presidency | 840 |
| The Cabinet | 840 |
| Provincial government | 841 |
| Departments under administration | 841 |
| Local government | 841 |
| Municipal financial audits | 841 |
| Foreign relations | 841 |
| African Union (AU) | 841 |
| European Union (EU) | 841 |
| Israel | 842 |
| Iran | 843 |
| Swaziland | 843 |
| Syria | 843 |
| Zimbabwe | 843 |
| Opposition parties | 844 |
| Democratic Alliance (DA) | 844 |
| ANC action against the DA in the Western Cape | 844 |
| Policy | 844 |
| Economic plan | 844 |
| Broad Based Black Economic Empowerment | 845 |
| The youth wage subsidy | 845 |
| Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) and National Freedom Party (NFP) | 845 |
| Congress of the People (Cope) | 846 |
| The Judiciary | 846 |
| The Media | 847 |
| The Protection of State Information Bill | 847 |
| Media regulation | 847 |
| The Spear painting | 847 |
| Corruption | 848 |
| Arms deal | 849 |
| Standing Committee on Public Accounts (Scopa) | 850 |
| Political violence | 850 |
| Political killings | 850 |