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People are leaving the Eastern Cape in droves to search for a better life while the province’s unemployment rate rises.The Eastern Cape had experienced the largest outflow of people with more than a million having moved to the Western Cape in the past decade in search of jobs.

As power cuts intensified over the past ten years, more South African households dumped electricity for their cooking needs in favour of gas-fired stoves.

South African households with landline phones pale in comparison to those with cellphone access, with 92% of the population owning a cellphone, according to Census 2022 statistics.

As far as relationships go ,we’ve all heard terms such as mjolo the pandemic, umjolo uzok’khathaza or tlogela banyana/bashimane on social media and even in songs. As much as these phrases are often said as jokes, the recent Census 2022 report shows how South Africans shy away from love and marriage.

Statistician-General Risenga Maluleka said that the figures in the 2022 census were adjusted to compensate for the undercount, with the Statistics Councill adding they met the organisation’s acceptable standards.

Of the approximate 2.4 million people living in South Africa who were born outside of the country, Zimbabwean citizens accounted for over one million migrants.

Eyewitness News looks at some of the key findings from Census 2022.

South Africa concludes its first digitally-led census, as Statistics SA departs from the traditional ways of collecting information for the national population count.

Stats SA announced the new population figures at an event at the Union Buildings in Pretoria on Tuesday, where statistician-general Risenga Maluleke handed over the results to President Cyril Ramaphosa.

President Cyril Ramaphosa has called on government departments, policy makers, researchers, civil society and international organisations to use the Census 2022 report to collectively strive to improve service delivery