CHAPTER 4

CHAPTER 4

POVERTY ISSUE IN SOUTH AFRICA

25 OCT 2011

INTRODUCTION

WHAT IS POVERTY?

Poverty is the situation where people suffer or failing to affording the basic human needs such as food , shelter, nutrition , health care, clean water and education .This issue can be because of money problem , lack of resources and insufficient of material and monetary value.

T H E S TAT I S T I C S S H O W S T H AT:

Poverty is also generally understood to be the situation where 20, 000 die each day as a result of extreme poverty. 8, 000 of malaria, 5, 000 of tuberculosis, 7, 500 of AIDS and thousands more of diarrhoea, respiratory infection and other killer diseases. 'The poor die in hospitals wards that lack drugs, in villages that lack antimalarial bed nets, in houses that lack safe drinking water. They die namelessly, without public comment. Sadly such [news] stories rarely get written. Most people are unaware of the daily struggles for survival, and of the vast numbers of impoverished people around the world who lose that struggle' [3].Hunger - chronic, acute, hidden.

P O V E R T Y C O N T.

Poor maternal & child health

Low environmental care

Low life expectancy

Low wages

Street children

Social exclusion

Domestic violence

Increased vulnerability to natural disasters

Low literacy

Large family sizes

P OV E RT Y C O N T I N U E

Malnutrition

HIV/AIDS

Malaria

Lack of sanitation & water Poor maternal & child health

Low environmental care and Low life expectancy

Low wages, Street children

Social exclusion and Domestic violence

Increased vulnerability to natural disasters ,Low literacy

Large family sizes and Gender inequality

Poor health care and Low Education

Unemployment

COURSES OF POVERTY

This issue can be caused by the following :

Over population, people become affect when they are unemployed and poor this can affect even economic growth to decrease and people has nothing to do so they are turning to increase the high birth rate some of them because of rape and so on .

Global distribution of resources such as seeds to start their projects

High standard of living ,every thing is expensive like food ,clothes ,shelter etc. .

Cost of living the unaffordability of food ,clothes and nutrition's because every thing is money and if you are

COURSES OF POVERTY CONTINUE

Cost of living the unaffordability of food ,clothes and nutrition's because every thing is money and if you are unemployed it become so difficult.

Unemployment because of technology

Inadequate in education unskilled people

Individual responsibility

T H E E F F E C T S A N D C O N S E Q U E N C E S O F P O V E R T Y

Effects are:

Drug abuse and addiction for example people are unemployed and there is lack of job opportunities so the turn to be drug dealers .

Increase crime ,people has nothing to do and do not afford because of money

Children and women abuse ,parents especially fathers who have no job are becoming so bossy and others abuse their children because of stress

Homeless people and street kid children they left their homes because of inadequate of food etc.

Education deficiency no money to pay school fees ,uniform and exercise

Mental and physical problem depression because of hunger and poor health care service

Depressed and lack of opportunities ,no creation of job opportunities.

RESULT OF POVERTY

This can create a bad effect in our country such as

decrease of economic growth

Increase HIV/AIDS

Increase crime

Street children and unskilled people

PREVENTION OF POVERTY

This issue can be prevented by the following ;

Communities and societies can combine and start projects like vegetable gardens ,ask for help and support from other organisations to assist with resources and materiel such as seeds and so on and that can be sold and get money . Can also be the donations and charity organisations and much more.

T H E D I A G R A M T H A T S H O W S T H E P E R C E N T A G E O F C O U N T R I E S A F F E C T E D W I T H P O V E R T Y

Years

South Africa

Zimbabwe

Mozambique

Ethiopia

Limpopo

Zambia

2002 63% 76% 58% 96% 46% 56%2004 78% 58% 43% 83% 56% 39%2006 56% 88% 50% 89% 69% 53%2008 46% 69% 31% 90% 39% 46%2009 58% 36% 56% 83% 49% 25%2010 21% 59% 45% 86% 28% 12%

2011 25% 73% 49% 95% 34% 11%