What is the percentage of single mothers in South Africa?

40 percent According to research conducted by the Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC) and the South African Race Relations Institute (SARRI), sixty percent of SA children have absent fathers, and more than 40 percent of South African mothers are a single parent.

Why is the number of single mothers increasing nowadays?

In the United States, since the 1960s, there has been a increase in the number of children living with a single parent. The jump was caused by an increase in births to unmarried women and by the increasing prevalence of divorces among couples.