The top 20 companies have contributed to 480bn tons of carbon dioxide equivalent since 1965

R3.2bn is the value of the cash injection that the National Treasury will hand to the SABC. R2.1bn of that was transferred this week

60 to 65 years is when most South Africans formally retire. SA labour legislation does not make provision for a retirement age

5,270 jobs will be lost in the platinum sector after Sibanye-Stillwater, owner of the Marikana mine, issued a notice saying it would close three ageing shafts

5.7m barrels per day of planned oil production was lost in the immediate aftermath of an attack on Saudi Arabian oil facility Abqaiq

Twenty-four percentage points is the gap between the labour force participation of men and women

7.8-million South Africans owe R225bn in unsecured loans

15.1% of people in top management positions are black, according to the Commission for Employment Equity’s annual report

Seventeen percent of SA workplaces say they are not effective at developing leaders to meet the evolving challenges of the 21st century. 58% are only somewhat ...

351,139 new vehicles manufactured in SA were exported in 2018. This is a new record for the industry and is up from 333,845 in 2015

23.3m of the 37.9m people living with HIV globally were on treatment, more than three times as many as in 2010, according to UNAids

Seventy-two percent of the world’s land is used

Half of the 840t of gold consumed in India each year is bought during the wedding season (October to December and mid-April to May)

63.9% of South Africans (37.6m) are under the age of 34

The Eastern Cape, with an unemployment rate of 35.4%, is the province with the most jobless people

1.5% is the increase in merchandise exports from SA between 2008 and 2018