Our prevalence is higher than the global prevalence of 12.5% 14 and the African prevalence of 12.2% 3
The case, brought by a plaintiff identified as K.G.M., targets Meta and Google, alleging that Instagram, Facebook, and YouTube were designed in ways that foster compulsive use and contributed to anxiety, depression, sleep disruption, and other psychological harms beginning when she was a child
There is also a loss in foreign currency. A report by Japan Tobacco, The Illicit Tobacco Trade in South Africa , published in March last year, states that South Africa may have lost at least R27 billion in tax revenue to the illicit tobacco trade between 2010 and 2016
The sample was equally split between males and females, grades 9 and 11, and those with highly educated parents vs others