Marginalising women in politics: Recent trends in KwaZulu-Natal

Figures & data

Table 1: KwaZulu-Natal Provincial Assembly election results by gender and party, 2004

Party	Women	Total seats	Approximate % of women
ANC	14	38	37
IFP	4	30	13
DA	1	7	14
ACDP	1	2	50
MF	1	2	50
UDM	–	1	–
Total	21	80	26
Note: ANC – African National Congress, IFP – Inkatha Freedom Party, DA – Democratic Alliance, ACDP – African Christian Democratic Party, MF – Minority Front, UDM –United Democratic Movement.

Figure 1: Levels of women's participation in community decision-making in Shobashobane and Nongoma

Figure 2: Perceptions of women's political participation in KwaZulu-Natal

Table 2: Changes in poverty levels in KwaZulu-Natal from 1995 to 2000

Poverty line	$2/day poverty line (R174)		Lower bound poverty line (R322)
Head count index	0.32 (0.02)	0.46 (0.02)	0.63 (0.02)	0.67 (0.02)
Poverty gap	0.11 (0.01)	0.20 (0.01)	0.28 (0.01)	0.37 (0.01)
Poverty gap squared	0.05 (0.01)	0.11 (0.01)	0.16 (0.01)	0.24 (0.01)
Note: All figures were weighted using person weights (household weight*household size). The difference in the poverty figures between 1995 and 2000 is statistically significant at the 90% level for both z = 174 and z = 322.
Source: Culled from Hoogeven & Özler (2005).

Hoogeven , J and Özler , B . 2005 . Not separate, not equal: Poverty and inequality in South Africa. Working Paper No. 739 , William Davidson Institute, University of Michigan .

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