If the whole of South Africa were a single village, with only 100 inhabitants, the infrastructure in the village would be as follows:
- 76 homes have electricity;
- 70 have a television;
- 68 have tap water in the house or in the yard;
- 30 have a motor vehicle;
- 17 have a land-line telephone in working order;
- 80 own, rent or use a cellphone;
- 41 have a savings account;
- 36 have an ATM card;
Their earning capacity would be:
- 42 are employed (full-time or part-time);
- 26 are unemployed and looking for employment opportunities;
- 49 are poor (the total household income a month is below R2,499);
- 4 earn incomes of R300,000 a year or higher;
- 14 earn incomes of R100,000 a year or higher;
- 25 year incomes of R50,000 a year or higher;
- 32 have a matric; and
- 8 have a university or technikon degree.
They spend their money as follows:
- R21 out of every R100 on food;
- R17 out of every R100 on housing and municipal services;
- R4 out of every R100 on clothing and footware; and
- R9 out of every R100 on income tax.
(note: rate of exchange is presently R7.5 = AUD1)