Appendix B— Statistics | TABLE I Racial Composition of the South African Population in Thousands (1904–1960) | Year | Whites | Africans | Asians | Coloureds | All non-Whites | Total all races | 1904 | 1117 | 3491 | 123 | 445 | 4059 | 5176 | 1911 | 1276 | 4019 | 152 | 526 | 4697 | 5973 | 1921 | 1519 | 4698 | 166 | 546 | 5409 | 6929 | 1936 | 2004 | 6597 | 220 | 770 | 7586 | 9590 | 1946 | 2373 | 7832 | 285 | 928 | 9046 | 11,418 | 1951 | 2643 | 8535 | 367 | 1103 | 10,005 | 12,648 | 1960 | 3088 | 10,908 | 477 | 1509 | 12,894 | 15,982 | 1966 (est.) | 3500 | 12,500 | 547 | 1800 | 14,847 | 18,347 | (Sources: Official Year Book of the Union, No. 27, 1952–1953, p. 1089; W. H. Hutt, The Economics of the Colour Bar, p. 181; South African Scope, Nov. 1966.) | |
| TABLE II Racial Groups as Percentage of Total South African Population (1904–1960) | Year | Whites | Africans | Asians | Coloureds | All non-Whites | Total all races | 1904 | 21.6 | 67.4 | 2.4 | 8.6 | 78.4 | 100.0 | 1911 | 21.4 | 67.3 | 2.5 | 8.8 | 78.6 | 100.0 | 1921 | 21.9 | 67.8 | 2.4 | 7.9 | 78.1 | 100.0 | 1936 | 20.9 | 68.8 | 2.3 | 8.0 | 79.1 | 100.0 | 1946 | 20.8 | 68.6 | 2.5 | 8.1 | 79.2 | 100.0 | 1951 | 20.9 | 67.5 | 2.9 | 8.7 | 79.1 | 100.0 | 1960 | 19.4 | 68.2 | 3.0 | 9.4 | 80.6 | 100.0 | 1966 (est.) | 19.1 | 68.1 | 3.0 | 9.8 | 80.9 | 100.0 | (Sources: M. H. Alsop, The Population of Natal, p. 10; Official Year Book of the Union, No. 27, 1952–1953, p. 1089; South African Scope, Nov. 1966.) | |
― 289 ― | Table III Distribution of South African Population by Province in Thousands (1904–1960) | Year | Cape | Natal | Transvaal | O.F.S. | Total | 1904 | 2410 | 1009 | 1270 | 387 | 5176 | 1911 | 2565 | 1194 | 1686 | 528 | 5973 | 1921 | 2783 | 1429 | 2088 | 629 | 6929 | 1936 | 3530 | 1946 | 3341 | 772 | 9590 | 1946 | 4046 | 2198 | 4272 | 877 | 11,392 | 1951 | 4417 | 2408 | 4802 | 1018 | 12,646 | 1960 | 5357 | 2958 | 6281 | 1386 | 15,982 | (Sources: A. Gordon-Brown, ed., The Year Book and Guide to Southern Africa, 1955, p. 69.) | |
| Table IV Percentage of South African Population Living in Urban Areas by Race (1921–1951) | Year | Africans | Europeans | Coloureds | Asians | 1921 | 12 | 56 | 46 | 31 | 1936 | 17 | 65 | 54 | 66 | 1946 | 22 | 73 | 58 | 70 | 1951 | 27 | 78 | 64 | 78 | 1960 | 32 | 84 | 68 | 83 | (Sources: Second Report of the United Nations Commission on the Racial Situation in the Union of South Africa, 1954, p. 47; W. H. Hutt, The Economics of the Colour Bar, p. 181.) | |
― 290 ― | Table V South African Birth and Death Rates by Race * (1946–1953) | | Whites | Coloureds | Asians | Year | Birth Rate | Death Rate | Birth Rate | Death Rate | Birth Rate | Death Rate | 1946 | 26.9 | 8.7 | 44.9 | 20.6 | 37.2 | 13.4 | 1947 | 27.2 | 8.6 | 45.6 | 20.2 | 40.0 | 12.4 | 1948 | 26.5 | 8.9 | 47.1 | 21.2 | 39.0 | 13.0 | 1949 | 25.9 | 8.8 | 47.6 | 22.0 | 37.0 | 11.0 | 1950 | 25.1 | 8.7 | 46.9 | 20.3 | 38.1 | 11.5 | 1951 | 25.0 | 8.8 | 47.9 | 19.7 | 35.5 | 9.7 | 1952 | 25.2 | 8.2 | 47.6 | 18.5 | 34.8 | 9.2 | 1953 | 25.7 | 8.8 | 48.8 | 18.9 | 34.2 | 10.1 | * Accurate figures for Africans are not available. | (Source: Official Year Book of the Union, No. 27, 1952–1953, pp. 1124, 1128.) | |
| Table VI Distribution of African Population (1911, 1951) | | 1911 | 1951 | | Number (000's) | % of Total | Number (000's) | % of Total | Urban Areas | 510 | 12.7 | 2312 | 27.1 | "Native Reserves" | 1768 | 43.9 | 3633 | 42.6 | White owned farms | 1750 | 43.4 | 2590 | 30.3 | Total | 4028 | 100.0 | 8535 | 100.0 | (Sources: Statistical Year Book of the Union of South Africa, No. 1, 1913, p. 29; Summary of the Report of the Commission for the Socio-Economic Development of the Bantu-Areas within the Union of South Africa, p. 27.) | |
― 291 ― | Table VII Linguistic Distribution of Bantu-Speaking South Africans (1957 estimates in millions of persons) | Xhosa | 2.77 | Zulu | 2.46 | Northern Sotho | 1.05 | Southern Sotho | 1.02 | Tswana | 0.78 | Tsonga | 0.45 | Swazi | 0.33 | Ndebele | 0.24 | Venda | 0.16 | Others | 0.28 | Total | 9.54 | (Source: A. Gordon-Brown, ed., The Year-Book and Guide to Southern Africa, 1962, p. 115.) | |
| Table VIII Countries of Origin of Foreign Africans Residing in South Africa in Percentage of Total (1957)* | Basutoland | 37% | Mozambique | 26% | Nyasaland | 11% | Southern and Northern Rhodesia | 9% | Bechuanaland | 8% | Swaziland | 6% | Other territories | 3% | | 100% | * These percentages were based on a 1957 estimate that 767,370 "foreign Natives" lived in South Africa. More recent estimates have put these figures at over one million. | (Source: Year-Book and Guide to Southern Africa, 1962, p. 116.) | |
― 292 ― | Table IX Number of White Immigrants and Emigrants to and from South Africa (1948–1958) | Year | Immigrants | Emigrants | Gain or Loss | 1948 | 35,631 | 7,534 | +28,097 | 1949 | 14,780 | 9,206 | + 5,574 | 1950 | 12,803 | 14,644 | - 1,841 | 1951 | 15,243 | 15,382 | - 139 | 1952 | 18,473 | 9,775 | + 8,698 | 1953 | 16,257 | 10,220 | + 6,037 | 1954 | 16,416 | 11,336 | + 5,080 | 1955 | 16,199 | 12,515 | + 3,684 | 1956 | 14,917 | 12,879 | + 2,038 | 1957 | 14,615 | 10,943 | + 3,672 | 1958 | 14,673 | 8,807 | + 5,866 | (Source: State of the Union Year-Book for South Africa, 1959–1960, p. 81.) | |
― 293 ― | TABLE X South African Election Results: Number of Seats Won by Party (1910–1961) | Year of Election | 1910 | 1915 | 1920 | 1921 | 1924 | 1929 | Total No. of Seats | 121 | 130 | 134 | 134 | 135 | 148 | No. of Seats Won by: | | | | | | | South African Party | 66 | 54 | 41 | 77 | 54 | 61 | Unionist Party | 38 | 40 | 25 | — | — | — | National Party | — | 27 | 43 | 44 | 63 | 77 | Labour Party | 4 | 3 | 21 | 10 | 17 | 8 | Independent | 13 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | (Vacant Seats) | — | — | 1 | 2 | — | 1 |
Year of Election | 1933 | 1938 | 1943 | 1948 | 1953 | 1958 | 1961 | Total No. of Seats | 150 | 153 | 153 | 153 | 159 | 163 | 156 | No. of Seats Won by: | | | | | | | | National Party | 75 | 27 | 43 | 70 | 94 | 103 | 105 | South African Party | 61 | — | — | — | — | — | — | United Party | — | 111 | 89 | 65 | 57 | 53 | 49 | Labour Party | 4 | 3 | 9 | 6 | 5 | — | — | Roos Party | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | Dominion Party | — | 8 | 7 | — | — | — | — | Home Rule Party | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | Socialist Party | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | Natives' Representatives | — | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | — | Coloureds' Representatives | — | — | — | — | — | 4 | — | Independent | 6 | — | 2 | — | — | — | — | Afrikaner Party | — | — | — | 9 | — | — | — | National Union | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | Progressive Party | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | (Sources: State of the Union Year-Book for South Africa , 1959–1960, pp. 38–39; The Natal Mercury , Oct. 20, 1961.) | |
― 294 ― | TABLE XI South African Election Results: Number of Votes Cast by Party (1910–1961) | Year of Election | 1910 | 1915 | 1920 | 1921 | 1924 | 1929 | Number of Registered Voters | — | 365,307 | 421,790 | 499,531 | 413,136 | 461,820 | Total No. of Votes Polled | — | 261,433 | 282,361 | 277,742 | 319,047 | 347,924 | Total Vote Polled by: | | | | | | | South African Party | — | 94,285 | 90,512 | 137,389 | 148,769 | 159,896 | Unionist Party | — | 49,917 | 38,946 | — | — | — | National Party | — | 75,623 | 101,227 | 105,039 | 111,483 | 141,579 | Labour Party | — | 24,755 | 40,639 | 29,406 | 45,380 | 33,919 | Socialist Party | — | 140 | 202 | — | — | — | Independent | — | 12,383 | 5,986 | 3,385 | 10,610 | 8,503 | (Spoilt Papers) | — | 4,330 | 4,876 | — | — | — | (Sources: State of the Union Year-Book for South Africa , 1959–1960, pp. 38–39; The Natal Mercury , Oct. 20, 1961.) | |
― 295 ― | Year of Election | 1933 | 1938 | 1943 | 1948 | Number of Registered Voters | 957,636 | 1,052,652 | 1,114,110 | 1,337,534 | Total No. of Votes Polled | 323,417 | 835,378 | 885,623 | 1,073,364 | Total Votes Polled by: | | | | | National Party | 101,159 | 259,543 | 321,601 | 401,834 | South African Party | 71,486 | — | — | — | United Party | — | 446,032 | 435,297 | 524,230 | Labour Party | 20,276 | 48,641 | 38,206 | 27,360 | Afrikaner Party | — | — | 15,601 | 41,885 | Dominion Party | — | 52,356 | 29,023 | — | Roos Party | 27,441 | — | — | — | Home Rule Party | 12,328 | — | — | — | Socialist Party | — | 4,963 | 6,350 | — | Independent | 87,321 | 17,362 | 30,185 | — | Others | — | — | — | 70,662 | (Spoilt Papers) | 3,406 | 6,481 | 9,360 | 7,393 |
Year of Election | 1953 | 1958 | 1961 | Number of Registered Voters | 1,385,591 | 1,530,000 | 1,823,883 | Total No. of Votes Polled | 1,218,631 | 1,156,069 | 797,645 | Total Votes Polled by: | | | | | National Party | 598,718 | 642,069 | 370,431 | United Party | 576,4741 | 503,639 | 286,124 | Labour Party | 34,730 | 2,670 | — | Liberal Party | — | 2,934 | 2,461 | Independent | — | — | 10,085 | Others | — | 4,757 | 9,173 | National Union | — | — | 50,329 | Progressive Party | — | — | 69,042 | (Spoilt Papers) | 8,709 | — | — | |
― 296 ― | TABLE XII Number of Convictions (in Thousands) by Race and Seriousness of Offence (1952) | | All races | Whites | Africans | Asians | Coloureds | Non-serious crime | 1,095 | 146 | 823 | 24 | 103 | Serious crime | 69 | 11 | 45 | 1 | 11 | Total | 1,154 | 157 | 868 | 25 | 114 | (Source: Official Year-Book of the Union, No. 27, 1952–1953, p. 445.) | |
| TABLE XIII Sentences Imposed for Serious Crimes, South Africa (1952) | Sentence | Europeans | Africans | Asians & Coloureds | Fined only | 4,058 | 2,164 | 801 | Prison without option | 976 | 20,112 | 4,977 | Prison with option | 3,815 | 12,147 | 2,751 | Suspended sentence | 879 | 1,465 | 637 | Corporal punishment | 422 | 7,893 | 2,992 | Death | 2 | 67 | 14 | Other | 421 | 1,410 | 443 | Total convictions | 10,573 | 45,258 | 12,615 | (Source: Official Year-Book of the Union, No. 27, 1952–1953, pp. 447–448.) | |
― 297 ― | TABLE XIV Religious Affiliation of South African Population by Race (1951) | Religion | Total No. of adherents | White | Coloured | Asian | African | CHRISTIAN-DUTCH REFORMED | | | | | | N. G. Kerk | 1,696,127 | 42.0 | 26.4 | — | 3.5 | Hervormde | 213,845 | 7.0 | 0.9 | — | 0.3 | Gereformeerde | 144,384 | 4.2 | 2.2 | — | 0.1 | CHRISTIAN- ENGLISH-SPEAKING SWISS, FRENCH, GERMAN, ETC. | | | | | | Methodist | 1,363,958 | 8.3 | 9.2 | 0.5 | 12.2 | Anglican | 1,230,509 | 15.8 | 20.8 | 1.3 | 6.8 | Roman Catholic | 784,414 | 5.3 | 6.6 | 2.1 | 5.4 | Lutheran | 499,336 | 1.0 | 5.2 | — | 4.9 | Presbyterian | 276,997 | 3.8 | 0.3 | — | 2.0 | Apostolic | 268,715 | 2.9 | 3.5 | 0.2 | 1.8 | Congregational | 247,452 | 0.5 | 10.2 | — | 1.4 | Baptist | 113,360 | 1.0 | 0.7 | 0.5 | 0.9 | Other | 282,671 | 3.0 | 5.5 | 1.6 | 1.6 | CHRISTIAN- Native Separatist | 1,594,740 | — | 0.1 | — | 18.6 | JEWISH | 108,743 | 4.1 | — | — | — | ASIAN RELIGIONS | | | | | | Hindu | 246,820 | — | — | 67.2 | — | Islamic | 146,829 | — | 5.7 | 21.5 | 0.1 | Other | 2,501 | — | — | 0.6 | — | OTHER BELIEFS | 46,755 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 2.0 | 0.4 | NO RELIGION OR "HEATHEN" | 3,405,348 | 0.5 | 1.4 | 1.2 | 39.4 | UNSPECIFIED | 98,358 | 0.4 | 0.9 | 1.3 | 0.6 | (Source: Muriel Horrell, A Survey of Race Relations in South Africa, 1959–1960, p. 27.) | |
― 298 ― | TABLE XV Summary of South African Educational Statistics by Race (1910–1950) | | Year | Population (in thousands) | Total No. in school (in thousands) | % getting post-primary education | Total State Expend. (in £ millions) | Whites | 1910 | 1256 | 165 | 10.8 | 1.6 | | 1920 | 1500 | 314 | 13.4 | 6.3 | | 1930 | 1798 | 371 | 16.0 | 8.4 | | 1940 | 2153 | 416 | 21.2 | 10.7 | | 1950 | 2620 | 507 | 22.0 | 25.4 | Africans | 1910 | 3953 | 186 | — | 0.1 | | 1920 | 4630 | 185 | 1.5 | 0.3 | | 1930 | 5858 | 287 | 1.5 | 0.6 | | 1940 | 7116 | 471 | 2.6 | 1.0 | | 1950 | 8347 | 767 | 4.2 | 5.8 | Coloureds & Asians | 1920 | 707 | 56 | — | — | | 1930 | 880 | 100 | 1.44 | 0.5 | | 1940 | 1069 | 175 | 3.05 | 1.0 | | 1950 | 1353 | 266 | 3.66 | 4.7 | (Source: A. Gordon-Brown, ed., The Year-Book and Guide to Southern Africa, 1955, p. 120.) | |
― 299 ― | TABLE XVI Annual State Expenditures for Education in Pounds per Pupil (1940, 1950, 1962) | Race of Pupil | 1940 | 1950 | 1962 | Whites | 26.4 | 50.1 | 65.0 | Asians & Coloureds | 5.7 | 17.4 | — | Africans | 2.2 | 7.6 | 6.4 | (Sources: A. Gordon-Brown, ed., The Year-Book and Guide to Southern Africa , 1955, p. 109; Africa Today , 11, March, 1964, p. 1.) | |
| TABLE XVII Number of Students Enrolled at South African Universities by Race (1957) | | Whites | Africans | Coloureds | Asians | Cape Town | 4,326 | 29 | 306 | 121 | Natal | 2,309 | 181 | 24 | 350 | Orange Free State | 1,651 | — | — | — | Potchefstroom | 1,374 | — | — | — | Pretoria | 5,858 | — | — | — | Rhodes | 921 | — | — | — | Stellenbosch | 3,335 | — | — | — | Witwatersrand | 4,463 | 59 | 20 | 135 | University of South Africa | 5,538 | 1,085 | 209 | 565 | Fort Hare | — | 283 | 48 | 47 | Total | 29,775 | 1,637 | 607 | 1,218 | (Source: State of the Union Year-Book for South Africa , 1959–1960, p. 121.) | |
― 300 ― | TABLE XVIII Distribution of Geographic National Income in South Africa (1912–1958) | Item | 1912 | 1918 | 1928 | 1938 | 1946 | 1949 | 1958 | Per cent of total in: | | | | | | | | Farming & Fishing | 16.1 | 21.6 | 18.2 | 12.0 | 12.0 | 14.2 | 12.3 | Mining | 27.5 | 20.3 | 18.6 | 19.5 | 13.6 | 10.7 | 12.9 | Manufacturing | 6.8 | 9.6 | 13.2 | 17.6 | 20.1 | 22.4 | 24.5 | Trade | 13.8 | 15.6 | 15.7 | 13.8 | 15.0 | 14.5 | 12.5 | Finance | — | — | 2.1 | 3.0 | 2.4 | 2.4 | 3.6 | Transportation | 7.6 | 5.7 | 6.4 | 6.7 | 5.4 | 8.6 | 8.1 | Other | 28.3 | 27.2 | 25.7 | 27.3 | 31.4 | 27.1 | 26.1 | Total (£ Millions) | 130.9 | 170.9 | 270.3 | 373.6 | 703.8 | 898.2 | 1988.1 | National Income at 1938 prices (£ Mil.) | 163.6 | 165.9 | 252.6 | 382.4 | 523.5 | 577.9 | n.a. | Per capita Income at 1938 prices (£) | 27.2 | 25.2 | 31.5 | 38.9 | 46.2 | 48.5 | n.a. | (Sources: J. C. Du Plessis, Economic Fluctuations in South Africa , p. 21; and State of the Union Year-Book for South Africa , 1959–1960, p. 306.) | |
― 301 ― | TABLE XIX The Flow of Private Capital into (+) and out of (-) South Africa (1950–1960) | | Private capital (net) in £ million | 1950 | +67 | 1951 | +78 | 1952 | +60 | 1953 | +50 | 1954 | +76 | 1955 | +11 | 1956 | + 9 | 1957 | -30 | 1958 | +21 | 1959 | -24 | 1960 | -97 | (Source: Heinz Hartmann, Enterprise and Politics in South Africa , p. 20.) | |
| TABLE XX South African Imports and Exports in £ Millions (1938–1958)* | Year | Imports | Exports (excluding gold) | Trade Balance (excluding gold) | Gold | Trade Balance (including gold) | 1938 | 95.8 | 33.7 | - 62.1 | 73.4 | + 11.3 | 1948 | 352.8 | 137.9 | -214.9 | 242.1 | + 27.2 | 1950 | 304.1 | 218.2 | - 85.9 | 121.9 | + 36.0 | 1951 | 466.8 | 288.4 | -178.4 | 152.4 | - 26.0 | 1952 | 416.9 | 285.6 | -131.3 | 158.9 | + 27.6 | 1953 | 424.3 | 296.3 | -128.0 | 150.5 | + 22.5 | 1954 | 439.0 | 331.5 | -107.5 | 156.4 | + 49.0 | 1955 | 482.2 | 369.1 | -113.1 | 178.1 | + 65.0 | 1956 | 494.9 | 412.2 | - 82.7 | 193.2 | +110.6 | 1957 | 549.8 | 451.7 | - 98.1 | 216.9 | +118.8 | 1958 | 556.8 | 390.5 | -166.3 | 221.9 | + 55.6 | * Figures include South West Africa and the High Commission Territories. | (Source: State of the Union Year-Book for South Africa , 1959–1960, p. 284.) | |
― 302 ― | TABLE XXI Percentage of Total South African Imports and Exports by Country (1957, 1958)* | | Imports | Exports | | 1957 % | 1958 % | 1957 % | 1958 % | United Kingdom | 32.6 | 33.7 | 27.7 | 30.3 | United States | 19.6 | 17.5 | 6.4 | 7.2 | Germany | 8.1 | 10.6 | 5.1 | 4.0 | Italy | 1.9 | 2.1 | 4.3 | 4.2 | France | 1.8 | 1.8 | 3.8 | 3.0 | Netherlands | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.9 | 2.2 | Belgium | 2.2 | 1.7 | 4.6 | 3.8 | Japan | 3.2 | 2.5 | 2.3 | 1.4 | Sweden | 1.9 | 1.8 | 0.6 | 0.6 | Commonwealth and Ireland | 45.0 | 45.4 | 47.8 | 50.6 | Other Foreign Countries | 54.9 | 54.5 | 52.1 | 49.4 | * Gold is excluded from export figures. | (Source: State of the Union Year-Book for South Africa , 1959–1960, p. 287.) | |
― 303 ― | Table XXII Distribution of South African National Income, Composition of Population, and Ratio in Per Capita Earnings (Africans = 1.0) by Race (1936, 1954, 1960) | | Whites | Africans | Asians & Coloureds | Total | | 1936 | 1954 | 1960 | 1936 | 1954 | 1960 | 1936 | 1954 | 1960 | 1936 | 1954 | 1960 | % of Nat. Income received by | 74.5 | 74.5 | 67.0 | 19.6 | 19.2 | 26.5 | 5.8 | 6.3 | 6.5 | 99.9* | 100.0 | 100.0 | % of Total Population constituted by | 20.9 | 20.4 | 19.3 | 68.8 | 67.7 | 68.4 | 10.3 | 11.9 | 12.4 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.1* | Ratio in Per Capita Earnings (Africans =1.0) | 12.5 | 12.7 | 9.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 2.0 | 1.9 | 1.4 | — | — | — | * Percentages do not add up to 100 because of rounding errors. | (Sources: Investment in Union of South Africa, p. 8; F. P. Spooner, South African Predicament, p. 173; Report of the Special Committee on the Policies of Apartheid of the Government of the Republic of South Africa, p. 101.) | |
― 304 ― | Table XXIII Comparison of Living Conditions of the Different Population Groups in South Africa (1938–1939, 1953–1954) | | Whites | Asians & Coloureds | Africans | Average family income 1938/9 | £ 530 | £ 134 | £ 50.1 | Average family income 1953/4 | £ 1,616 | £ 308 | £ 119.2 | Rise in living costs over 15 years 1938/9 to 1953/4 | 108% | 108% | 152%* | Average family income 1953/4 in 1938/9 pounds | £ 777 | £ 148 | £ 47.3 | Changes in purchasing power of family income over 15 years | + £ 247 | + £ 14 | - £ 2.8 | Percentage increase (+) or decrease (-) in living standard | + 46% | + 11% | - 6.5% | * The increase in the cost of living is relatively higher for Africans than for other racial groups, largely because of the disproportionate rise in the price of staple African foods. | (Source: F. P. Spooner, South African Predicament, pp. 284–285.) | |
― 305 ― | TABLE XXIV Ratio of White to Non-White Wages in Secondary Industry, South Africa (1915–1953) | Year | Ratio | Year | Ratio | Year | Ratio | 1915–16 | 4.84 | 1927–28 | 4.16 | 1939–45 | n.a. | 1916–17 | 4.90 | 1928–29 | 4.08 | 1946–47 | 3.54 | 1917–18 | 4.76 | 1929–30 | 4.10 | 1947–48 | 3.63 | 1918–19 | 4.76 | 1930–31 | n.a. | 1948–49 | 3.71 | 1919–20 | 4.84 | 1931–32 | n.a. | 1949–50 | 3.87 | 1920–21 | 5.13 | 1932–33 | 4.02 | 1950–51 | 3.94 | 1921–22 | 5.11 | 1933–34 | 4.14 | 1951–52 | n.a. | 1922–23 | 4.75 | 1934–35 | 4.29 | 1952–53 | 4.15 | 1923–24 | 4.72 | 1935–36 | 4.38 | 1958–59 | 4.80 | 1924–25 | 4.55 | 1936–37 | 4.30 | 1959–60 | 4.74 | 1925–26 | 4.37 | 1937–38 | n.a. | 1960–61 | 4.71 | 1926–27 | 4.29 | 1938–39 | 4.36 | | | (Sources: Investment in Union of South Africa , p. 105; J. M. Tinley, The Native Labour Problem of South Africa , pp. 123, 128.) | |
| TABLE XXV Percentage Constituted by Each Racial Group in Total Labour Force of Major South African Industries (1946) | | Whites | Coloureds | Asians | Africans | Total | Agriculture | 6.9 | 3.9 | 0.5 | 88.6 | 99.9%* | Mining | 4.2 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 95.3 | 100.0% | Sec. Industry | 28.0 | 14.8 | 3.1 | 54.0 | 99.9%* | Commerce | 84.6 | 2.6 | 7.6 | 5.2 | 100.0% | Pers. Service | 4.0 | 10.7 | 1.0 | 84.3 | 100.0% | Transport | 37.6 | 9.1 | 1.8 | 51.5 | 100.0% | Professions | 69.6 | 5.9 | 1.2 | 23.4 | 100.1%* | All above | 16.9 | 6.4 | 1.4 | 75.3 | 100.0% | * Percentages do not add up to 100 because of rounding errors. (Source: M. H. Alsop, The Population of Natal , p. 128.) | |
― 306 ― | TABLE XXVI Occupational Distribution of South Africans over 15 Years of Age by Race in Percentages (1946) | | Whites | Coloureds | Asians | Africans | Agriculture | 10.2 | 17.8 | 8.6 | 37.2 | Mining | 1.2 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 7.4 | Sec. Industry | 12.1 | 19.7 | 14.6 | 6.7 | Commerce | 12.7 | 1.2 | 12.4 | 0.2 | Personal Service | 1.7 | 14.4 | 4.9 | 10.5 | Transport | 5.2 | 3.9 | 2.7 | 2.0 | Professions | 7.9 | 2.0 | 1.5 | 0.8 | Other | 2.6 | 5.5 | 6.9 | 2.0 | Dependent and Independent | 46.4 | 35.0 | 48.1 | 33.1 | Total | 100.0% | 99.9%* | 99.9%* | 99.9%* | * Percentages do not add up to 100 because of rounding errors. (Source: M. H. Alsop, The Population of Natal , p. 120.) | |
| TABLE XXVII Percentage of South African Industrial Workers of Each Race in Various Skill Levels (1951) | | Skilled | Semi-Skilled | Unskilled | Whites | 85 | 30 | 1 | Africans | 5 | 40 | 85 | Coloureds & Asians | 10 | 30 | 14 | Total | 100% | 100% | 100% | (Source: Summary of the Report of the Commission for the Socio-Economic Development of the Bantu-Areas within the Union of South Africa , p. 36.) | |
― 307 ― | TABLE XXVIII Percentage of South African Manual Workers of Each Racial Group in Various Skill Levels | Whites | | 1947 | 1950 | 1955 | 1956 | Skilled | 81.4 | 82.5 | 86.1 | 86.4 | Semi-skilled | 16.5 | 15.5 | 12.7 | 12.5 | Unskilled | 2.1 | 2.0 | 1.2 | 1.1 | Total | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | Africans | | 1947 | 1950 | 1955 | 1956 | Skilled | 4.1 | 4.2 | 4.6 | 5.2 | Semi-skilled | 12.7 | 12.2 | 15.4 | 15.0 | Unskilled | 83.2 | 83.6 | 80.0 | 79.8 | Total | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | Coloureds | | 1947 | 1950 | 1955 | 1956 | Skilled | 14.5 | 15.2 | 18.1 | 19.2 | Semi-skilled | 30.7 | 29.8 | 30.9 | 30.1 | Unskilled | 54.8 | 55.0 | 51.0 | 50.7 | Total | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | Asians | | 1947 | 1950 | 1955 | 1956 | Skilled | 31.9 | 33.0 | 37.4 | 38.6 | Semi-skilled | 32.2 | 31.4 | 30.9 | 30.2 | Unskilled | 35.9 | 35.6 | 31.7 | 31.2 | Total | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | (Sources: Report of the Department of Labour; Muriel Horrell, A Survey of Race Relations in South Africa, 1953, p. 76, and 1957, pp. 176–177.) | |
― 308 ― | TABLE XXIX Distribution of African Pupils by School Grade, 1958 | | No. of pupils (in thousands) | Percentage of Total | Sub-Standards A & B | 609.3 | 45.2 | Standard I | 218.2 | 16.2 | Standard II | 163.8 | 12.2 | Standard III | 128.4 | 9.5 | Standard IV | 80.0 | 5.9 | Standard V | 59.0 | 4.4 | Standard VI | 46.3 | 3.4 | Standard VII | 30.0 | 2.2 | Standard VIII | 8.8 | 0.7 | Standard IX | 1.8 | 0.1 | Standard X | 0.9 | 0.1 | | 1346.5 | 99.9* | * Percentage does not add up to 100.0 because of rounding errors. | (Source: Report of the Special Committee on the Policies of Apartheid of the Government of the Republic of South Africa, p. 95.) | |
| TABLE XXX Estimates of Expenditure for Defence and Police (£ Million) | | 1960–61 | 1961–62 | 1962–63 | 1963–64 | Defence | 21.8 | 35.8 | 59.9 | 78.5 | Police | 18.1 | 19.2 | 20.4 | 25.4 | Total | 39.9 | 55.0 | 80.3 | 103.9 | (Source: Report of the Special Committee on the Policies of Apartheid of the Government of the Republic of South Africa, p. 120.) | |
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