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The latest General Households Survey (GHS) results show that just almost 12% of school children walk more than 30 minutes to get to the closest school.
The latest General Households Survey (GHS) results show that just under 16% of South African households were involved in some form of agricultural activity during the last 12 months.
Ever wondered what the price per kilogram of individually quick frozen (IQF) chicken pieces you have at your braai cost in other provinces across South Africa? We take a look.
We take a look at the amount of coal burnt by ESKOM per year for the last 12 years and find the parastatal has been been slow to reduce its dependence on dirty power generation and to switch over to cleaner, renewable energy sources.

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Foreigners have been net sellers of JSE listed shares for the last 7 weeks in a row. Selling around 25.8 billion more in JSE listed shares than what they are buying. A clear sign that sentiment towards South Africa and emerging markets are fading away and so is investments in these markets.
We take a look at the latest inflation figures published by Statistics South Africa, and ask the question why is it that the Western Cape has had the highest rate of inflation of all provinces in South Africa for the last 16 months, and what the financial impact of this is on consumers in the Western Cape.
We take a look at the number of inbound tourists from the United States of America coming into South Africa each month. And find that the numbers over time has remained relatively flat. The South African government believes tourism is a high growth industry for South Africa.
We take a look at South Africa's top 20 export destinations for March 2018. And while China is South Africa's biggest exports destinations, there are a few surprises in the Top 20 such as Pakistant.
The South African Reserve Bank (SARB) has announced the launch of new commemorative bank notes and R5 coins to celebrate the life of former president Nelson Mandela. Full press statement and pictures in the article itself. 
We take a look at South Africa's vehicle exports over the last couple of years, and find that while strong increases in vehicle exports were recorded in 2014-2015, it has flattened out since then and has remained relatively stable the lat couple of years
We take a look at the business confidence numbers published by the Bureau for economic research and their RMB/BER Business confidence index shows that South African business confidence has been below neutral/negative for the last 11 years. No wonder South Africa's economy is going nowhere slowly and unemployment remains persistently high.
We take a look at lesser known fund and asset manager Peregrine (PGR) and suspect this eagle will soar pretty soon, with a dividend yield of around 8% and a PE ratio of well below 10 and the fact that it is highly cash generative. 

Share price has been struggling in recent years but we suspect that will change pretty soon.
​We take a look at South Africa's fuel price history from January 2008 and find that South Africans are currently paying record fuel prices, largely due to excessive taxes levied on fuel. And this stems from the fact that government spends tax money collected inefficiently and of course large scale corruption within the state.
Wandile Sihlobo  takes a quick look at the fast food industry in South Africa. Sure makes for interesting reading
South African Crude oil imports from Saudi Arabia, Nigeria and Angola. And worrying is the fact that the price per kilo has been increasing steadily in 2017
​We take a look at South Africa's gross fixed capital formation over the last 7 years and the link capital formation has with South Africa's economic growth rate. Weak growth leads to less confidence and less capital being invested, or is it less capital invested leading to weaker growth? Well it might be either, but the correlation is clear. They do behave in very similar fashion.
​We take a look at a few interesting facts and figures regarding South Africa's retail sector. And while we like to dig up interesting information for readers, in this case we give all the credit to Statistics South Africa
We take a look at crude oil imports into South Africa from January 2010 up to March 2018 and find that almost 38% of the value of crude oil being imported into South Africa comes from Saudi Arabia. In total South Africa has imported R942.7billion in crude from January 2010.
Famous Brands (FBR) margins declining, and so is their share price. Investors worried past growth wont be repeated in future as growth by acquisition strategy takes a massive knock after buying Gourmet Burger Kitchen in the UK and having it bleed millions.
We update our Economic Progress Index (EPI) for 2018, and find that "Ramaphoria" has had little to no effect in improving South Africa's economic fortunes. Note the 2018 data is preliminary and will be updated as more information becomes available.
We take a look at the average price per 330ml beer per province over time, and find that people in the Western Cape pays the most per 330ml beer. ​
 We take a look at the latest net sales/purchases of shares listed on the JSE by foreigners. Are they stocking up on SA stocks or are they dumping and running for the hills?
Public vs private sector earnings growth. Who is getting the bigger pay increases? Is it those working for private companies or those working for government? Results might surprise a few.
Agriculture/forestry and fishing, mining and manufacturing all assist in dragging down South Africa's first quarter of 2018 (Q1:2018) economic growth rate to a pathetic -2.2%. A lot of hard work for president Cyril Ramaphosa and Team SA.
​Currently the JSE All Share Index is trading well above its historical PE ratio, which leads us to believe it would be unwise from investors to expect stellar returns in the short run as the PE ratio moderates back down to its historical levels.
Is buying in bulk cheaper than buying regular quantities? Well we test this theory on a well known South African staple, Rice. And find it is a lot cheaper to buy rice in bulk than it is buying regular quantities
​We take a look at the average price of red wine per province over time. And it seems those in the Western Cape pays the most per 750ml bottle of red wine
We take a look at the performance of the South African Rand against the US Dollar and compare it to some of its emerging market peers such as Brazil, Mexico, Chile and Turkey. And find the Rand while no star performer, is certainly a lot better off than some of the other emerging market currencies.
We take a look at the latest trade balance figures for South Africa and find while 2017 was a very good year for South Africa's trade balance its still got a long way to go to eliminate the massive trade deficits accumulated during 2012-2015.
We take a look at the share price performance over the last 5 years of well known South African retail chain Woolworths and compare its share price returns with well known international department stores such as Macy's, Sears and Nordstrom
The page in which we laid down our budget predictions ahead of former finance minister Malusi Gigaba's maiden and last budget speech.
With land expropriation without compensation dominating local news and social media platforms we decided to take a look at the numbers provided by a Department of Rural Development and Land Reform in a Land Audit. Time to separate facts from fiction.
We take a look at MTN's latest subscriber numbers per region as well as the revenue earned per region.
We look at the latest economic growth figures per province and find that Gauteng is still by far the biggest contributing province to South Africa's economy, With KwaZulu-Natal and Western Cape coming in a distant 2nd and third place.
We look at the relative size of various sectors in South Africa's economy,a dn find that primary industries makes up a small part while tertiary industries dominates South Africa's economy. Sadly primary industries such as agriculture are large scale employers in South Africa yet their importance in SA's economic is fairly insignificant.
We look at South Africa's trade with NAFTA countries for January 2018 and find president Trump might have a case for the import tariffs on steel as the US seems to be on the losing end of that trade, even with a small trading partner like South Africa.
​We investigate the old belief that the fortunes of the JSE (the listed company operating the stock exchange) is linked to the fortunes or performance of the markets.

​The results show that the JSE's performance is not tied to that of the market performance at all.
We take a look at the share price performance of TigerBrands, RCL Foods and Pioneer Foods since the announcement by government that the source of the Listeriosis outbreak is a Enterprise factory in Polokwane. TigerBrands owns the Enterprise Brand and Mr Market has been punishing its share price.
Our latest page is dedicated to providing readers with more detailed information regarding South Africa's manufacturing industry. It will be updated on a regular basis with new and interesting information.
We take a look at South African spending patterns from 2010 to 2017 based on South Africa's GDP by Expenditure Method data. And find South African consumer spending is all about Food and Non-alcoholic beverages, Transport and Housing.
​We take a look at what "Taylor's rule" suggests South African interest rates should be sitting at based on our economic growth rate, inflation numbers as well as production numbers.
​We take a look at the average price of white bread per province in South Africa over time. And find that Gauteng has the highest average bread prices, while the Eastern Cape has the lowest average white bread prices.
We take a look at the average Rand value of shares traded on the JSE per day as well as the average number of shares traded each day in the JSE. For March 2018 the average Rand value of shares traded on JSE amounted to overR23.4billion a day
We take a look at South Africa's inflation rates for the first three months of 2018 on a rosewheel chart and wonder why the Reserve Bank did not cut rates more than 25basis points at their last MPC meeting.
We take a look at the latest import and export inflation figures for South Africa and find that both import and export inflation levels are far of their highs reached in earlier years. ​
Our outlook for 2018. Slow Brexit talks, Bitcoin and Donald Trump Tweets
​We take a look at the extraordinary price growth of Bitcoin in both US Dollars and South African Rands, and we wonder when this bubble will pop. With the kind of gains Bitcoin has made in recent months it sure looks like a bubble and we warn readers to think twice before jumping into something hardly anyone understands.
Continued updates on the Steinhoff financial irregularities saga. 
​The investment opportunity in PSG Group (PSG) brought about by the decline in its share price due to its connections with Steinhoff group. For those who dont know, Steinhoff owns about 25% of PSG group shares.
​We take a look at the volatility of the JSE All Share, the Mid Caps index and the Small Caps index, and find that the Small Caps index is not nearly as volatile as one would expect. It's less volatile than both the All Share and Mid Cap index. Click on the Go To Page button to read more.
​We take a look at the number of properties for sale per province on popular property website, PrivateProperty.co.za. In future we will build a time series of properties for sale per province and compare the supply of properties to the growth in property prices.
We take a look at the number of visitors to SA from Europe and the main reason for their visit in South Africa for the month of October 2017 (the latest available data set).
​We take a look at the number extraordinary share price performance of Capitec, compared to their peers listed on the JSE Financial Index
​Take a look at the JSE All Share performance on our highly interactive chart. Past few days have been brutal and all indications are that it is going to get a whole lot worse, with the massive sell offs experienced in the USA in particular
We take a look at GrafiekRetoriek weekly ZAR sentiment poll and find out just how good twitter users are at predicting the weekly movements of the South African Rand.
The ZAR loving the fact that #Zokof or #Zexit has happened. Just shows the markets had no confidence in former president Jacob Zuma
​While the agricultural sector in South Africa is showing significant growth quarter over quarter (and has been doing so for a few quarters), the sector still makes up a very small part of South Africa's overall economy.
We take a look at South Africas international trade for 2017. We take a look at imports and exports as well as the products and regions we trade these products with.
We take a look at South Africa's number of unemployed people using the expanded definition of employment and find that well over 9 million people are unemployed across South Africa. See more on our South Africa's Unemployment Page
We take a look at the latest inflation figures as published by Stats SA on an interactive map as well as look at the inflation of the poor vs the inflation of the rich, as measured by Stats SA expenditure deciles.
We take a look at South Africa'n retail giant, Woolworths (WHL) latest trading update as well as plot their share price history on two different interactive charts.
AFS2017 shows margins in food and beverages sector in SA is paper thin.
We take a quick look at South Africa'n retail giant, Mr Price (MRP) latest financial results as well as plot their share price history on interactive technical chart
Currently one of our most popular articles, a small writeup on a new "mining" future for South Africa. But in this case South Africans will be mining for Bitcoins instead of gold.
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Map of the world with flights showing large inbound tourism origins coming into South Africa
We finally got round to updating our Tourism page. Visit this page for more information regarding South Africa's inbound tourism numbers as well as income earned from the Tourism industry in South Africa
We take a look at Union Pacific (NYSE:UNP) and explain why we have been buyers of the share recently.
We do an updated valuation on Starbucks (SBUX) after their latest financial results released. Shareholders can look forward to a 20% increase in their dividend payout.
​We update our EU vs SA trade data page, by looking at trade between South Africa and Greece so far for 2017. And find out a very interesting fact about Greece most readers would probably not know about. We certainly didn't.
In our latest sector comparison update we compare the share price performance over the last 10 years of major US listed fast food/take-away chains, such as Mcdonalds, Chipotle, Wendy's, Starbucks and Yum Brands (KFC, Taco Bell and Pizza Hut). And Mcdonalds share price over last 12 months killing that of Chipotle.
We do valuation on Naspers (NPN) after their latest set of results. If it wasn't for Tencent Holdings Naspers wouldn't be worth much.
​We take a look at the Rand value per barrel of crude oil over time and how it correlates to the price paid by South Africans at the petrol pump.
We take a look at the drama surrounding Steinhoff (SNH) after they broke the news that their financial results publication will be delayed until further notice while they investigate financial irregularities. It's share price decline wiped out R117billion in market value in one day. ​
SA's structural unemployment increasing.
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Rand vs US Dollar vs Euro vs Pound vs Aussie Dollar
We updated our Rand Dollar Exchange Rate page to show the performance of the US Dollar, Euro, Pound against the South African Rand over time.
SA's unemployment compared to countries across the world. And it does not make for pretty reading
We take a look at PSG Wealth's Spring 2017, research and strategy report. It provides great insights into PSG's current investment approach and how they are allocation funds to various asset classes.
PE ratio of the JSE All Share Index (ALSI) is increasing over time. 
An updated discussion on SA's "junk status" after Malusi Gigaba's medium term budget policy statement
We take a look at the sentiment towards various sectors on the JSE. The darker the blue the more positive the sentiment towards a sector, the darker the red the more negative sentiment is towards a sector. Sentiment is measured by index growth.
We take a look at South Africa's current fiscal stance. That is money coming into and leaving state coffers.
We take a look at South Africa's current fiscal stance policy over time. And find that for the next few years government spending is set to increase at a pace faster than inflation. Therefore in our opinion current fiscal policy should be seen as expansionary.
We take a look at South Africa's formal business sector in our new permanent page on our website. This page will be updated regularly as more information regarding South Africa's formal business sector becomes available.
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IMF predicted inflation rate for Brazil, Chile, China, Egypt, Germany, India, Nigeria, South Africa and the USA
In our dedicated SA vs the world page, we take a look at the International Monetary Fund (IMF) predicted inflation rate for various countries including South Africa
We take a look at Pick n Pay (PIK) latest financial results
Fast becoming one of our most popular pages. Our sector comparison page where we compare share price performances of shares in the same industry
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We update our interactive map of South Africa showing the inflation rate per province over time. And currently the Western Cape has the highest level of inflation
We update our interactive map of South Africa showing the inflation rate per province over time. And currently the Western Cape has the highest level of inflation
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SA inflation and interest rates vs various emerging market economies.
We unpack SARB's presentation to National Monetary Policy Forum and find there is little to no room for further interest rate cuts in South Africa over the short term.
We take a detailed look at South Africa's motor trade industry (including fuel sales and convenient store sales each month). And the industry is struggling.
​We take a look at South Africa's crude oil imports. Where is it coming from, where does it enter SA's borders and what are we paying per kilogram from the various countries we import crude oil from?
We take a look at South Africa's coal exports from January 2010 to June 2017. And find 46% of the value of SA's coal exports came from Indian imports of our coal.
​We take a look at South Africa's GDP on our new South Africa's GDP page. Page will be updated regularly with more graphics and information regarding South Africa's economic growth rates. We take a look at quarterly as well as annual growth rates. And the story is rather depressing.
We take a look at Naspers' extraordinary share price growth from November 2007 to October 2017 on an animated line graph. And based on its value of its Tencent holding  its share price growth is poised for more.
​We updated our Education Statistics Page. We take a look at the number of students enrolled at various higher education institutions of South Africa and find that UNISA has shown large declines in number of students registered with it from 2012 to 2016.
We updated our Food and Beverages Sector page with more graphics and charts. And it shows the small and micro enterprises contributes the most to income earned and number of people employed in the Food and Beverages sector in South Africa.
​We take a look at some of the main wine exporters for 2016. And show that the bulk of wine exports comes from Europe. With SA's share of total world wide wine exports only being 2.1%
South Africa's economic complexity declining. Which is not a good sign. Based on calculations from Harvard's Center for International Development
Statistics South Africa responds to our query regarding inflation of the poor being so low compared to inflation of the rich.
South African new vehicle sales per channel type per year. And we find new passenger vehicle sales are becoming more and more dependent on vehicle exports than  dealer sales 
​We have a new page on our website. And it is called the Economic Progress Index (EPI). The aim is to take a broad and detailed look at whether South Africa's economy is truly making any progress, compared to where it was in 2010. We are using 2010 as our base to track SA's economic progress.
We compare the inflation rate of PPI for final manufactured goods, CPI:Goods and the CPI: Services and find that services prices on average increases a lot more than that of goods.
​We take a look at the performance of Famous Brands, Taste and Spur over time. And in particular the massive decline in Famous Brands after their latest trading statement. Enjoy our interactive graphic.
​We take a look at the latest Bowler Metcalf (BCF) financial results. And while they made a loss due to impairment charges, their revenue showed strong growth while cost increases were kept to a minimum.
​We take a look at South Africa's interest rates after SARB recently mentioned they want the real repo to be at 1.5%.
Our Interactive Rand Dollar Exchange Rate graphic.
We take a look at the latest unemployment rates for each of South Africa's provinces and all the large metro's. Nelson Mandela Bay metro has the highest unemployment rate of all the metros
Moody's has never rated South Africa's credit as "Junk Status".
We take a look at South Africa's industrial development zones (IDZ) such as Coega and Dube, and wonder if they are delivering the type of results that government expected them to do?
We ask whether FBR is still a restauranteur or are they a logistics company? We also do a valuation on them based on their last set of financial results 
For women's month we take a look at statistics relating to females in South Africa.
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"Cryptocurrency Art Gallery" (Public Domain) by Namecoin
Should South African's be investing in the real or virtual world of mining? We take a look.
​Our new "Sector Comparison Page" will focus on showing the returns of various shares listed on the JSE in the same industry over time, using our interactive graphic that recalculates the returns based on the dates selected. And any combination of shares available in the graphic can be pitted against one another.
Sentiment indicator. The darker blue the more the index increased from starting date selected. The darker red the graphic the more the index declined from starting date selected. The lighter the colour and the lower the peaks, the less movement took place in the index. ​
We take a look at Blue Label Telecoms (BLU) latest financial results. For those who dont know BLU they own a large chunk of Cell C now, and they own brands such as TicketPro's.
Our new page takes a detailed look at income earned by various food and beverage outlet types (such as Restaurants and coffee shops, fast food and take-away outlets and catering services
We take a look at trade between South Africa and SACU members over time. SACU is the oldest customs union in the world.
We take a look at South Africa's latest GDP growth rate, which confirms South Africa is officially out of a recession.
We take a look at the latest mineral/commodity sales figures in South Africa and fins that Coal is SA's biggest mineral money spinner.
Our JSE All Share Index Interactive Chart
​We take a look at some of the main talking points at the World Trade Organization (WTO) discussions that took place during the end of September 2017
Investment in fixed capital slowing considerably. A clear sign of a lack of confidence in SA's future economic prospect.
We take a detailed look at South Africa's crime statistics. Is it getting any better? Or is it getting worse?
SA's trade integration and its contribution to global shipping industry
SA's economy has entered it's second recession in the last 9 years. And the only president to have shown a worse economic performance than President Zupta, is Kgalema Motlanthe, who unfortunately presided over South Africa during the financial crises that caused recessions the world over.
​South Africa's inflation heat map. South Africa's inflation heading in the right direction, sadly idiotic ideas by the ANC such as nationalising the Reserve Bank could have a negative impact on South Africa's inflation rate.
We take a detailed look at South Africa's most famous township. SOWETO.  From its population, to the most spoken languages and different household goods owned. ​
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Statistician General: Dr Pali Lehohla
​Treasury cut Statistics South Africa's funding by around 13% or around R400million. We take a look at the potential impact this will have on the level and quality of data published by the statistics agency. (Image courtesy of GCIS)
We take a closer look at the main contributors to South Africa's inflation rate and find that four main groups drives inflation more than  8 other groups combined. They are Food and Non Alcoholic Beverages, Housing, Transport and Miscellaneous goods and services.
We take a closer look at South Africa's revenue sources and how the South African government is spending way more than what they collecting in taxes, leading to mountains of debt being taken on.
​We calculate Taylor's Rule for South Africa and find that South Africa's interest rates is higher than it should be, based on SA's economic output, inflation rate and inflation target.
​We take a look at the struggling motor vehicle industry in South Africa and find that more and more consumers are buying used instead of new vehicles
We take a look at SA's municipalities spending on consultants as a percentage of overall spending. And it seems like our municipalities are hopelessly incompetent as they spent almost R1billion on consultants in first 3 months of 2017 alone.
​We take a look at capital expenditure (capex) of the public sector between 2015 and 2016, and find that Capex in state owned enterprises declined, but increased for provincial and national departments
What does the Big Mac Index say about the value of the Rand?
We take a look at a whole host of financial ratios across both company size and economic sectors. The interactive graphic recalculates the ratios based on user selection on the pie chart.
Why the SARB should be cutting interest rates at their 24-25 May 2017 Monterary Policy Committee (MPC) meetings. 
The amount of notes and coins in circulation in South Africa. And just how many times does the R20 you spend on bread change hands during the year? We take a look
Ever wondered how many people live in each province of South Africa? Or how big each province is in terms of square kilometers? Or how many cars per province? This page called "SA by Numbers" takes a look at SA in numbers.
We take a look at South Africa's imports and exports for the first quarter of 2017. What are we importing and exporting? And where is it coming from or going too?
South Africa's favourite car brands based on 2016 sales figures as published by NAAMSA. Tight battle between Volkswagen and Toyota.
We take a look at South Africa's overall unemployment rate. The unemployment rate per province as well as the unemployment rate per metro.
Radical economic transformation. What exactly is it that South Africa's government so desperately wants to transform?
Taxable income per person living in each municipality of South Africa. Surprising is the fact that Stellenbosch outshines a lot of other municipalities one would have thought had higher salary earners 
South Africa's youth. Where are they and what are they doing with their time? Read this page to find out.
South Africa's latest spending pattern results based on a Living Conditions Survey and CPI weights as published by Statistics South Africa
South Africa's latest spending pattern results based on a Living Conditions Survey and CPI weights as published by Statistics South Africa
Is the United States dumping poultry in South Africa? We take a look at what South Africa's customs data shows.
We take a look at where South Africa's "elderly population" stays. And no real surprise is the fact that a large percentage of over 50 year old's stay in the Western Cape
We show how South Africa's manufacturing sector is shedding jobs. Not offering hope to the millions that are unemployed or entering the labour market in South Africa.
We take a detailed look at South Africa's crude oil imports from January 2010. Well worth the read.

Most popular  pages on our website:

South Africans boozing it up. This page gives more details regarding South African's drink of choice.
South Africa's economic history since the dawn of democracy. We break the numbers down per president
South Africa's population density per municipality shown on interactive map. We show which municipalities houses the most of SA's citizens 
South Africa's Monetary Fiscal Policy Mix. We take a look at how coordinated or uncoordinated it is
We take a look at South Africa's government tax revenue sources. Should VAT be increased to collect more from it?
South Africa's economic structure. We take a look at the relative importance of the various industries in SA's economy over time
South Africa's Trade Data Page. We take a look at South Africa's international trade and update this page on an adhoc basis
Consumer Spending Patterns. We take a look at the spending patterns of the various income groups in South Africa.
South Africa's mineral resources. Just how much of it is left? Based on current mining volumes how many years can SA still mine Gold and Platinum and Coal?

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Financial review and valuation on Woolworths
Financial review and share valuation on private schools group: Curro Holdings

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