09 November 2005
Gauteng is the most attractive migration destination in South Africa. The population of Gauteng, which was estimated at 9.4 million in 2003, currently grows by approximately 4% (376 000) per year. A notable proportion of this growth can be ascribed…
Recent Gauteng in-migrants are a relatively advantaged population compared with how they are often imagined. Many are literate and employed, have access to basic services, and live in relatively adequate housing, and in married households. Most of…
Participants in three focus group interviews perceived people migrating to Gauteng as a threat to the settled populations. While in-migrants in general were seen to be benefiting from social and infrastructural opportunities planned for Gauteng…
More than a third (36%) of people living outside Gauteng who participated in a household survey in 2001 indicated that they intended to move to Gauteng within five yearsFootnote 1. Converted into numbers, this proportion translates into 7.2 million…
20 June 2005
Key finding: The study revealed that 55% of educators intend to leave the education profession. Two-thirds of this group fall in the technology, natural sciences, economics and management fields. Some of the reasons for wanting to leave the education…
Key finding: Absenteeism from work is attributed to chronic conditions such TB, high-risk drinking, lung or breathing problems, heart disease, diabetes, cancer and anaemia. The burden of absenteeism on the education labour force was highest due to…
Key findings: There are major variations in the mean annual school fees, with the Free State charging the least (less than R 100 per child per year) and Gauteng charging the most (more than R 800). The average class size is lowest in the Northern…
Key finding: 10.6% of educators have been hospitalised in the previous 12 months. Another indication of educator’s health status is that at least 75% have reported a visit to a health practitioner in the six months before the study. The most…
Key finding: The overwhelming majority of educators (75%) did not drink alcohol in the past 12 months; 20% are classified as low-risk drinkers; and 5.3% are high-risk drinkers. Male educators (15%) are significantly more high-risk drinkers than…
Key finding: Overall, 12.7% of all educators are HIV positive. HIV prevalence is the highest in the 25?34 age group (21.4%), followed by the 35?44 age group (12.8%). Those educators 55 years and older had the lowest HIV prevalence (3.1%). There are…
