Poverty
Africa: 13 million people face hunger and starvation ¾ of South African population suffers from hunger gap between poor and rich households widens
Poverty
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
Poverty
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
Poverty
Unemployment Source:SALDRU data from South African Labour and Development Research Unit
Unemployment Reasons: Factory closures and retrenchment companies are not willing to invest in workplaces slow growth
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
Crime
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...
Problem of crime: Crime Source: Sibusiso Masuku, Institute for Security Studie
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
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
Total number of offences recorded per of the population Source: Interpol 1998, CIAC 1998
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