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The Northern Cape’s population amounts to some 2 million people (2016 census data)
Mining employs some 15,000 people – around 2% of the SA population (2016 census data)
Unemployment rate is around 29.5% against national average of 26.7% (Q1 2018)
More than half the population in the Northern Cape - which is the fourth richest province - are living in poverty^*
59% poverty level (Eastern Cape - 72.9%; Limpopo - 72.4%; KwaZulu-Natal - 68.1%; Western Cape - 37.1%; Gauteng - 33.3%)^*
Afrikaans is the most widely spoken language in the Northern Cape^**
Almost 40% of households are headed by women^**
12.8% of all households live in informal settlements^**
99% of the population are South African citizens

^*Stats SA : Poverty levels in SA 2015
^** Community survey 2016 : Wazimap website

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