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Farmers in the Eastern Cape are under financial strain and continue to feel the pressure of rising input costs and unforeseen expenses in the face of natural challenges.

Deaths due to chronic medical conditions including cardiovascular, cancer, diabetes and chronic lower respiratory diseases have increased 58.7% over 20 years, Stats SA says.

Last week, Stats SA’s Census 2022 revealed that 5.2-million young people aged between five and 24 were not attending school.

Water management crucial to maintaining adequate levels of sustenance and nutrition

Stats SA needs to fully engage with the world of big data and the key players in that data ecosystem

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.

Big data is not the answer to all the challenges that faced Census 2022, but it may be a key enabler for gathering reliable national data in the future.

Although there has been an increase in households that have access to toilets that flush, there is still a large number of households that still don't have access to a main toilet facility.

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