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Profiling first-time entering
students: Looking at past trends
RESIDENCE PROVINCE 2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
Eastern Cape
2 050 1 691 2 169 1 504 3 086
Free State
774
674
1 031
793
1 309
Gauteng
14 842 15 219 18 059 12 346 26 200
Kwa-Zulu Natal
12 495 10 471 13 325 7 199 16 664
Limpopo
2 668 2 079 2 841 2 329 4 502
Mpumalanga
2 029 1 952 2 636 1 686 4 108
North West
1 757 1 772 2 554 1 555 3 360
Northern Cape
382
337
505
370
695
Western Cape
3 147 3 064 3 950 2 671 4 781
Unknown
1 713 1 328 1 412 1 191 1 063
* Figures as of January 2018 (HEDA)