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Poverty Africa: 13 million people face hunger and starvation ¾ of South African population suffers from hunger gap between poor and rich households widens.

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2 Poverty

3 Africa: 13 million people face hunger and starvation ¾ of South African population suffers from hunger gap between poor and rich households widens

4 Poverty

5 one in five children suffers from chronic malnutrition bad living conditions  no money left for school tuition  no education due to a lack of identity documents  no child-support grants

6 Poverty

7 areas, where the non-whites had to stay during apartheid-era characteristic of townships: - no food-secure households - crowded homes - high crime - illnesses spread easily - high unemployment - dangerous electrical connections

8 Poverty

9 Unemployment Source:SALDRU data from South African Labour and Development Research Unit

10 Unemployment Reasons: Factory closures and retrenchment companies are not willing to invest in workplaces slow growth

11 Blacks are poorly educated Racial disturbances: Is race a great factor when determing someone‘s admission? Population: 74% black, only 14% white However, 90% of unemployed people are black Unemployment

12 Crime

13 South Africa is ranked first for rape and second for murder (according to a survey by the United Nations) Problem of crime: Not every victim might even report a crime Private security firms are very popular South African police appears to be an incompetent force Crime Sadly the crime rate might even be higher...

14 Problem of crime: Crime Source: Sibusiso Masuku, Institute for Security Studie

15 Poverty (bad education, unemployment, no future) Motives for crime: Racial disturbances between Blacks and Whites Weapons are still in circulation from the Apartheid era Crime

16 gun amnesty program How the government and police deal with it: Death penalty was abolished in 1994 Police represents a malevolent force  many people turn to private security firms Crime

17 Total number of offences recorded per 100 000 of the population Source: Interpol 1998, CIAC 1998

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