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South Africa is a nation of diverse cultures, origins, languages and religions. From1948 to 1994 a system of government known as the apartheid system segregated the black, white, coloured and Asian population. The system was abolished in the early 1990’s and a number of steps were taken to break down the social, political and economic barriers that had been implemented. However even though South Africa began a new era with the end of the apartheid system, it is argued that the country has yet to truly become the unified, democratic nation that the leaders of the freedom movement, such as Nelson Mandela, had envisioned. There are still many issues for South Africa to address, but socially, politically and economically it is steadily consolidating its position and transforming into an equitable society.
The abolishment of the apartheid system began in the 1970’s and 1980’s due to domestic and international pressure. It was not until the early 1990’s when the government finally abolished the apartheid system by introducing the interim constitution that gave all South Africans the right to vote. The first election held for all races was in 1994 in which the ANC won nearly two-thirds of the seats in the National Assembly and Nelson Mandela was selected as president. The ANC’s key objectives were to create a non-racial, non-sexist and democratic society in which all South Africans have equal opportunities at life. This was backed up by Nelson Mandela when he said “I have cherished the ideal of a democratic and free society in which all persons live together in harmony and with equal opportunities. It is an ideal which I hope to live for and to achieve”. This ideal was the beginning of change for South Africa economically and socially.
The economic standards of South Africa are well below the global median. This is due to the racial segregation of the apartheid system. As 31.3% of all South Africans are unemployed, this has only slowly improved over the last ten years from 40.6%. This is due to the inequality that still exists throughout South Africa. As Even though the white minority only makes up 8.9% of the population there average income in 2008 was 75567 rands which is almost doubt the amount from 1993. While black South Africans who make up 79.2% of the population only get 9790 rand on average which has only increased by around 3000 rand from 1993. This has a major effect on education as the white minority is able to pay and go through school while the black minority is struggling to survive. This results in a continued cycle which is hard to break. The government is slowly working on fixing these problems but it is not fast enough as between 1995 and 2002 1.6 million jobs were created but the job market grew by 5 million within that time. This shows that the ANC is not producing the desired results it promised the people throughout the last 10 years as there is still a major problem with the inequality throughout South Africa. This can only be fixed by the government creating more jobs and helping the people of South Africa out of the poverty line.
However South Africa’s Economic standards cannot increase without the countries health standards rising. As South Africa has the highest death ration out of any country throughout the world of 17.49/1000. This is due to poor hygiene in the slums of South Africa which have only slightly increased over the last 10 years. (Show picture of 1994 and 2014 slums). As you can see not much has changed and due to this, bacteria and diseases are able to spread easily through the slums.
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South Africa was settled by the Dutch in 1652 as an ending point for ships on their way to the East Indies. The Dutch first settled the area that was to be Cape Town and with time expanded across the entire tip of southern Africa. Fruit and vegetables were grown here to battle the problem of scurvy aboard passing ships.
South Africa changed hands and became a British colony, after the Napoleonic wars in 1815. Most of the Dutch went north to escape from the English. Here they developed tribe- a well known community, and over the period of time they migrated South from Central Africa. Overt there a war resulted between the Dutch Boers and the Zulus, a powerful tribe led by Shaka. The Boers won and created an Afrikaner state in the north. In 1899 there were the Boer Wars as a result of the English trying to capture this Afrikaner state. In 1910 South Africa became a union which is a coalition between the English and Afrikaner states. In 1960 South Africa became independence from British rule and became a republic. During the 90’s, with the release of Nelson Mandela- president, South Africa went through an amazing transformation.
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