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Apartheid is back with vengeance
From the Wikipedia page on South Africa:
As for racial inequality, Statistics South Africa reported that in 1995 the average white household earned four times as much as the average black household. In 2000 the average white household was earning 6 times the average black household.
From SA's wealth gap widening: survey on IOL:
South Africa's wealth gap is widening and the average black citizen still only earns an eighth of what his white counterpart does nearly 14 years on from the end of apartheid, a new survey found on Thursday.
What will it be in another 8 or so years? 10 times? 20 times? We are in deep shit!
Copyright © 2004-2009 Charl van Niekerk. All articles are released under the Creative Commons Attribution 2.5 South Africa licence, unless where otherwise stated.
3 Comments
Comment by
Twobombs on Thursday, January 24, 2008 8:57:00 PM
Met al die ouens wat die land al verlaat het is julle nog te slim :)
Comment by
Charl van Niekerk on Thursday, January 24, 2008 9:02:00 PM
Baie van die opgeleide mense wat oorbly (beide swart en wit) doen baie goed vir hulleself op hierdie stadium. Daar is 'n bitter groot vaardigheidstekort dus daar is wel meer as genoeg werk wat rond gaan. :)
Comment by
Jonathan on Sunday, January 27, 2008 9:01:00 AM
The problem doesn't have anything to do with Apartheid existing now. The problem is that the majority of poor people in our country are black people, and that our government simply doesn't care about the poor people in the country. People have to protest and make big stands just to get basic medical country.
We have the world's larges HIV invection rate, we have big drug problems in our poor areas. And yet, we have leaders that are out of touch with these issues, not having a basic HIV/AIDS education, and not even knowing what "tik" is.
If you'd ask them about CPIX figures and tax reform and stuff that rich people care about, sure, then the so-called leaders would know exactly what you're talking about.
The simple truth is just that our government, and the people who run it, only care as much for the poor people as they have to to get the votes. When election time comes, politicians practically live in places like Mitchells Plain and Soweto gathering votes. When election time is over, they go back to live in their cozy mantions in Sandton, Welgemoed and Bischops Court, forgetting how they got there in the first place, or why they are there.
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