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[2] [5] While South Africa's large population of HIV-positive people is attributable to its high disease prevalence (17.3%, one of the highest in the world), Nigeria's is lower at 1.3%. [1] However, countries such as Nigeria with high HIV rates above 1% are classified as having Generalized HIV Epidemics (GHEs) by UNAIDS. [6]
South African census figures suggest a growing number of first language Afrikaans speakers in all nine provinces, a total of 6.85 million in 2011 compared to 5.98 million a decade earlier. [ 1 ] 2001 Namibian census reported that 11.4% of Namibians had Afrikaans as their home language.
South Africa experiences a relatively high influx of immigration annually. As of 2019, the number of immigrants entering the country continues to increase, the majority of whom are working residents and hold great influence over the continued presence of several sectors throughout South Africa.
Malmesbury is a town of approximately 36,000 inhabitants in the Western Cape province of South Africa, about 65 km north of Cape Town.. The town is the largest in the Swartland (‘black land’) which took its name from the renosterbos ('rhino bush'), an indigenous plant that turns black in the warm, dry summers.
South Africa's First Convicted Female Serial Killer 1923–1932 3 3 Executed in 1932 Poisoned two husbands and her son with strychnine for life insurance [21] Mfeka, Samuel Bongani: The Kranskop Killer 1993–1996 6 6+ Sentenced to life imprisonment Raped and strangled women around KwaZulu-Natal [22] Mogale, Jack: The West-End Killer 2008 ...
HIV/AIDS is one of the most serious health concerns in South Africa. South Africa has the highest number of people afflicted with HIV of any country, and the fourth-highest adult HIV prevalence rate, according to the 2019 United Nations statistics. [1] About 8 million South Africans out of the 60 million population live with HIV. [2]
The South African outbreak is thought to originate from two sisters that introduced it into the country after visiting Chinsapo in Malawi. [4] The initial cases were isolated to Gauteng . [ 5 ] As of 21 January 2024, 1499 (or 1395) [ 3 ] new suspected cholera cases were reported across all 9 provinces.
5 – Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga announces that the 2014 matric pass rate has dropped to 75.8% after reaching a record high of 78.2% in 2013. [1]19 – The Constitutional Court rules that a bulk SMS sent out by the Opposition Democratic Alliance before the 2014 general election, alleging that President Jacob Zuma "stole" R246 million of taxpayers' money to fund controversial ...