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• 21 years – since former President Nelson Mandela walked to freedom after 27 years as a political prisoner.
• 17 years – since South Africa’s transition to a non-racial, non-sexist, equal and democratic society.
• 400 000 – the number of additional people served with basic water supply in 2010.
• 81% – the proportion of the country electrified, compared to 63% in the year 2000.
• 8,6% – the decline in the murder rate over the past year.
• 15 million – the number of South Africans currently receiving social grants.
• R9 billion – Government’s fund to support job creation over the next three years.
• R10 billion – funds set aside by the Industrial Development Corporation for investment over the next five years in economic activities with high jobs potential.
• R20 billion – tax allowances or tax breaks to be put in place to promote investments, expansions and upgrades in the manufacturing sector.
• R550 million – funds set aside for upgrades and expansions.
• 30% – the mining industry’s contribution to the country’s total export revenue.
• 7,3 million – the number of tourists that arrived in South Africa last year.
• 95 – the number of meetings and conferences South Africa has secured between 2010 and 2016.
• R2 billion – the contribution of the cultural industries sector to the country’s Gross Domestic Product
• R475 million – the contribution of the Cape Town International Jazz Festival to the Western Cape economy.
• 2 000 – the number of jobs created during the Cape Town International Jazz in 2010.
• R75 billion – Eskom’s investment in the new stations Medupi, Kusile and Ingula, as well as the return to service and transmission of other projects.
• 400 000 – the number of households that should have security of tenure by 2014.
• R2,6 billion – the amount that government will spend on water services this year.
• 4,5 million – the number of work opportunities that the Expanded Public Works Programme aims to create.
• 800 – the number of construction jobs created by the Bid for the Square Kilometre Array radio telescope
• 6 000 – the number of learners supported by Denel, Eskom, SAA and Transnet in technical and engineering-related scarce and critical skills.
• 105 – the number of nursing colleges that will be revitalised countrywide to train more nurses.
• 5 million – the number of HIV tests done since the launch of the testing campaign in April 2010.
• 700 000 – the number of first-time identity documents issued in Libode following the National Population Registration Campaign.
• R800 million – the funds allocated for immediate relief to assist communities affected by floods.
• 2 000 – the military personnel deployed by.the South African National Defence Force in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the Sudan and the Central African Republic.
• 2,5 trillion – the value of South Africa’s mining assets – in US dollars.