While the 2022 census data reflects an improvement in access to housing and basic services there are still many who are not satisfied.
While the latest census data shows a marked improvement in access to housing and basic services in the last decade, almost 30 years since the country's first democratic elections, many people have been left behind and are still living in squalor.
Statistician-General Risenga Maluleke released the fourth democratic census on population and housing on Tuesday.
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