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ng the end of apartheid the country had made improvements in the levels of access to water as those with access increased from 66 to 79 from 1990 to 2010 297 sanitation access increased from 71 to 79 during the same period 297 however water supply and sanitation has come under increasing pressure in recent years despite a commitment made by the government to improve service standards and provide investment subsidies to the water industry 298 the eastern parts of south africa suffer from periodic droughts linked to the el niño weather phenomenon 299 in early 2018 cape town which has different weather patterns to the rest of the country 299 faced a water crisis as the city s water supply was predicted to run dry before the end of june water saving measures were in effect that required each citizen to use less than 50 litres 13 us gal per day 300 cape town rejected an offer from israel to help it build desalination plants 301 302 303 304 telecommunications main articles telecommunications in south africa internet in south africa and internet censorship in south africa growth in internet usage among the south african population by year south africa has the most advanced telecommunications sector in africa regulated by the independent communications authority of south africa icasa 305 the country serves as a key regional hub for digital connectivity supported by several major undersea cable systems such as wacs sat 3 seacom and 2africa which link south africa to global networks 306 mobile penetration is among the highest on the continent and internet access continues to expand rapidly across urban and rural areas 305 the mobile communications market is led by major south african operators including vodacom mtn telkom cell c and rain mtn in particular stands out as africa s largest mobile network operator and one of the top ten globally with nearly 290 million users as of 2022 307 south africa offers a full range of network technologies from 2g to 5g with mtn vodacom and rain being the first to launch 5g services on the entire african continent 308 309 while fixed line connections have declined fibre optic broadband is growing quickly through providers such as openserve vumatel frogfoot octotel and metrofibre 310 satellite internet remains available for remote regions though starlink has yet to launch locally due to regulatory restrictions 311 demographics main articles demographics of south africa and list of municipalities in south africa map of population density in south africa 1 km 2 1 3 km 2 3 10 km 2 10 30 km 2 30 100 km 2 100 300 km 2 300 1000 km 2 1000 3000 km 2 3000 km 2 south africa is a nation of about 62 million as of 2022 people of diverse origins cultures languages and religions 8 the last census was held in 2022 with estimates produced on an annual basis according to the united nations world population prospects south africa s total population was 55 3 million in 2015 compared to only 13 6 million in 1950 312 south africa is home to an estimated five million illegal immigrants including some three million zimbabweans 313 314 315 a series of anti immigrant riots occurred beginning in may 2008 316 317 statistics south africa asks people to describe themselves in the census in terms of five racial population groups 318 the 2022 census figures for these groups were black african at 81 coloured at 8 2 white at 7 3 indian or asian at 2 7 and other unspecified at 0 5 8 the first census in 1911 showed that whites made up 22 of the population this had declined to 16 by 1980 319 south africa hosts a sizeable refugee and asylum seeker population according to the world refugee survey 2008 published by the u s committee for refugees and immigrants this population numbered approximately 144 700 in 2007 320 groups of refugees and asylum seekers numbering over 10 000 included people from zimbabwe 48 400 the drc 24 800 and somalia 12 900 320 these populations mainly lived in johannesburg pretoria durban cape town and port elizabeth 320 one online database 321 lists south africa having more than 12 600 cities and towns v t e largest cities or towns in south africa 2016 community survey 322 world urbanization prospects the 2018 revision 323 rank name province pop 1 johannesburg gauteng 9 167 045 2 cape town western cape 4 004 793 3 durban kwazulu natal 3 661 911 4 pretoria gauteng 2 437 000 5 gqeberha eastern cape 1 263 051 6 vereeniging gauteng 957 528 7 soshanguve gauteng 841 000 8 east london eastern cape 810 528 9 bloemfontein free state 759 693 10 pietermaritzburg kwazulu natal 679 766 languages main article languages of south africa map showing the dominant south african languages by area zulu 24 4 xhosa 16 0 afrikaans 13 5 english 9 6 pedi 9 1 tswana 8 0 southern sotho 7 6 tsonga 4 5 swazi 2 5 venda 2 4 southern ndebele 2 1 none dominant areas of little or no population south africa has 12 official languages 6 afrikaans zulu xhosa english pedi 324 tswana southern sotho tsonga swazi venda and southern ndebele in order of first language speakers as well as south african sign language which was recognised as an official language in 2023 6 in this regard it is fourth only to bolivia india and zimbabwe in number while all the languages are formally equal some languages are spoken more than others according to the 2022 census the three most spoken first languages are zulu 24 4 xhosa 16 6 and afrikaans 10 6 8 although english is recognised as the language of commerce and science it is only the fifth most common home language that of only 8 7 of south africans in 2022 nevertheless it has become the de facto lingua franca of the nation 8 estimates based on the 1991 census suggest just under half of south africans could speak english 325 it is the second most commonly spoken language outside of the household after zulu 326 other languages are spoken or were widely used previously including fanagalo khoe lobedu nama northern ndebele and phuthi 327 many of the unofficial languages of the san and khoekhoe peoples contain regional dialects stretching northwards into namibia and botswana and elsewhere these people who are a physically distinct population from the bantu people who make up most of the black africans in south africa have their own cultural identity based on their hunter gatherer societies they have been marginalised and the remainder of their languages are in danger of becoming extinct 328 white south africans may also speak european languages including italian portuguese also spoken by black angolans and mozambicans dutch german and greek while some indian south africans and more recent migrants from south asia speak indian languages such as gujarati hindi tamil telugu and urdu french is spoken by migrants from francophone africa religion main article religion in south africa religion in south africa 2022 census 8 christianity 85 3 traditional faiths 7 80 no religion 3 10 islam 1 60 hinduism 1 10 others 1 10 according to the 2022 census christians accounted for 85 3 of the population with a majority of them being members of various protestant denominations broadly defined to include syncretic african initiated churches and a minority of catholics and other christians per the 2001 census the christian category included zion christian 11 1 pentecostal charismatic 8 2 catholic 7 1 methodist 6 8 dutch reformed 6 7 and anglican 3 8 members of the remaining christian churches accounted for the rest of the christian population per the 2022 census muslims accounted for 1 6 of the population hindus 1 1 traditional african religions 7 8 3 1 had no religious affiliation and 1 1 were other 224 329 330 331 african initiated churches formed the largest of the christian groups it was believed that many of the persons who claimed no affiliation with any organised religion adhered to a traditional african religion there are an estimated 200 000 traditional healers and up to 60 of south africans consult these healers 332 generally called sangoma diviner or inyanga herbalist these healers use a combination of ancestral spiritual beliefs and a belief in the spiritual and medicinal properties of local fauna flora and funga commonly known as muti medicine to facilitate healing in clients many peoples have syncretic religious practices combining christian and indigenous influences 333 south african muslims comprise mainly coloureds and indians they have been joined by black or white south african converts as well as those from other parts of africa 334 south african muslims describe their faith as the fastest growing religion of conversion in the country with the number of black muslims growing sixfold from 12 000 in 1991 to 74 700 in 2004 334 335 there is a substantial jewish population descended from european jews who arrived as a minority amongst other european settlers this population peaked in the 1970s at 118 000 though only around 75 000 remain today the rest having emigrated mostly to israel 336 the present day jewish community in south africa is the largest on the african continent and the twelfth largest in the world education main article education in south africa the university of cape town the adult literacy rate in 2025 was 95 this was the second highest in africa behind only seychelles 337 south africa has a three tier system of education starting with primary school followed by high school and tertiary education in the form of academic universities and universities of technology learners have twelve years of formal schooling from grade 1 to 12 grade r or grade 0 is a pre primary foundation year 338 primary schools span the first seven years of schooling 339 high school education spans a further five years the national senior certificate examination takes place at the end of grade 12 and is necessary for tertiary studies at a south african university 338 public universities are divided into three types traditional universities which offer theoretically oriented university degrees universities of technology formerly called technikons which offer vocationally oriented diplomas and degrees and comprehensive universities which offer both types of qualification there are 23 public universities in south africa 11 traditional universities 6 universities of technology and 6 comprehensive universities there are also a large amount of fet further education and training and tvet technical and vocational education and training colleges in south africa 340 341 342 under apartheid schools for black people were subject to discrimination through inadequate funding and a separate syllabus called bantu education which only taught skills sufficient to work as labourers 343 in 2004 south africa started reforming its tertiary education system merging and incorporating small universities into larger institutions and renaming all tertiary education institutions university by 2015 1 4 million students in higher education have been aided by a financial aid scheme which was promulgated in 1999 344 health main articles health in south africa and healthcare in south africa groote schuur hospital in observatory cape town site of the world s first successful human to human heart transplant according to the south african institute of race relations the life expectancy in 2009 was 71 years for a white south african and 48 years for a black south african 345 the healthcare spending in the country is about 9 of gdp 346 about 84 of the population depends on the public healthcare system 346 which is beset with chronic human resource shortages and limited resources 347 about 20 of the population use private healthcare 348 only 16 of the population are covered by medical aid schemes 349 the rest pay for private care out of pocket or through in hospital only plans 348 the three dominant hospital groups mediclinic life healthcare and netcare together control 75 of the private hospital market 348 these disparities have driven ongoing policy efforts to reform the healthcare system including the introduction of national health insurance nhi aimed at expanding equitable access to healthcare 350 hiv aids main article hiv aids in south africa life expectancy in select southern african countries 1950 2019 hiv aids has caused a fall in life expectancy according to the 2015 unaids medical report south africa has an estimated seven million people who are living with hiv more than any other country in the world 351 in 2018 hiv prevalence the percentage of people living with hiv among adults 15 49 years was 20 4 and in the same year 71 000 people died from an aids related illness 352 a 2008 study revealed that hiv aids infection is distinctly divided along racial lines 13 6 of blacks are hiv positive whereas only 0 3 of whites have the virus 353 most deaths are experienced by economically active individuals resulting in many aids orphans who in many cases depend on the state for care and financial support 354 it is estimated that there are 1 200 000 orphans in south africa 354 the link between hiv a virus spread primarily by sexual contact and aids was long denied by president thabo mbeki and his health minister manto tshabalala msimang who insisted that the many deaths in the country are caused by malnutrition and hence poverty and not hiv 355 in 2007 in response to international pressure the government made efforts to fight aids 356 after the 2009 general elections president jacob zuma appointed aaron motsoaledi as the health minister and committed his government to increasing funding for and widening the scope of hiv treatment 357 and by 2015 south africa had made significant progress with the widespread availability of antiretroviral drugs resulted in an increase in life expectancy from 52 1 years to 62 5 years 358 culture main article culture of south africa the south african black majority still has a substantial number of rural inhabitants who lead largely impoverished lives it is among these people that cultural traditions survive most strongly as black people have become increasingly urbanised and westernised aspects of traditional culture have declined members of the middle class who have historically been predominantly white but whose ranks include growing numbers of black coloured and indian people 359 360 have lifestyles similar in many respects to that of people found in western europe north america and australasia arts rock painting by the san people cederberg south african art includes the oldest art objects in the world which were discovered in a south african cave and dated from roughly 75 000 years ago 361 the scattered tribes of the khoisan peoples moving into south africa from around 10 000 bc had their own fluent art styles seen today in a multitude of cave paintings they were superseded by the bantu nguni peoples with their own vocabularies of art forms forms of art evolved in the mines and townships a dynamic art using everything from plastic strips to bicycle spokes the dutch influenced folk art of the afrikaner trekboers and the urban white artis...
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