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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Doug M: [QB] [QUOTE] The income of white South African households is six times higher than black ones, new census figures reveal. President Jacob Zuma said the census showed the black majority is still at the "bottom of the rung", 18 years after white minority rule ended. The statistics showed that while the income of black households had increased by nearly 170% in the last decade, they still earned the least. The population now stands at nearly 52 million, 79% of whom are black people. It has risen by seven million since 2001. 'Great strides' The 2011 census statistics showed that children below the age of five number nearly 11 million, making them the largest age group. Continue reading the main story “Start Quote Much remains to be done to further improve the livelihoods of our people especially in terms of significant disparities that still exist between the rich and poor” Jacob Zuma South Africa's president "It could be that HIV [infection] rates have levelled out and fertility has begun to recover," said Statistics South Africa's demographic analysis executive director, Diego Iturralde. The average annual income of a white household is about 365,000 rand ($42,000; £26,000), followed by Indians at 251,000 rand, people of mixed race at 251,500 rand and blacks at 60,600 rand, it showed. Other key findings include: Nearly 30% of the labour force is unemployed More than three million children (nearly 4%) are orphans More than nine million people live in homes while the number of shack-dwellers has risen since 2001 to nearly two million The number of homes with flush toilets has increased from 50% in 2001 to 57% The number of people who have completed higher education has increased to 11.8%, from 8.4% in 2001 The number of homes with electricity has increased from 58.2% in 1996 to 84.7% in 2011 Paraffin is the main energy source at 7.5% of all homes Mobile phone ownership has increased from less than 32% a decade ago to nearly 90%. Mr Zuma said the census showed that while "great strides" have been made since racial segregation ended in 1994, much still needed to be done to end inequality. "These figures tell us that at the bottom of the rung is the black majority who continue to be confronted by deep poverty, unemployment and inequality, despite the progress that we have made since 1994," he said. "Much remains to be done to further improve the livelihoods of our people especially in terms of significant disparities that still exist between the rich and poor." Mr Zuma pledged that by 2030 the African National Congress (ANC) government would make sure that each community had a clinic, school, library and police station. [/QUOTE] http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-20138322 [QUOTE] .These figures tell us that at the bottom of the rung is the black majority who continue to be confronted by deep poverty, unemployment and inequality,. President Jacob Zuma said at the release of the results. .Great strides have been made. However, much remains to be done to further improve the livelihoods of our people especially in terms of significant disparities that still exist between the rich and poor.. Under white segregationist rule, black South Africans were disadvantaged by poor education that confined many to unskilled, low-paying jobs. Zuma.s African National Congress has struggled to rectify the inequality gap since coming to power in 1994 even as it boosted access to electricity and water. .These figures tell us that at the bottom of the rung is the black majority who continue to be confronted by deep poverty, unemployment and inequality,. President Jacob Zuma said at the release of the results. .Great strides have been made. However, much remains to be done to further improve the livelihoods of our people especially in terms of significant disparities that still exist between the rich and poor.. Under white segregationist rule, black South Africans were disadvantaged by poor education that confined many to unskilled, low-paying jobs. Zuma.s African National Congress has struggled to rectify the inequality gap since coming to power in 1994 even as it boosted access to electricity and water. South Africa.s population increased 16 percent since the last census was conducted in 2001 and compares with 50.6 million estimated in mid-2011, the statistics agency said. About 9 percent of the population is of mixed race, 8.9 percent white and 2.5 percent Asian, it said. Incomes for white households increased 88 percent to 365,134 rand in the past decade, the data shows.[/QUOTE] http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-10-30/south-africa-s-racial-income-inequality-persists-census-shows.html [QUOTE] Income inequality still significant, income for black African group almost tripled in last decade. PRETORIA – Census 2011 data released by StatsSA on Tuesday shows that the black African majority remains the worst affected by poverty and that income inequality remains a major issue. It also shows, however, that if one looks at income growth, the group where growth has been the fastest over the last decade is in the black African category, growing at 169.12%. From an average income of R22 522 in 2001, this group now earns on average R60 613 per year. According to the statistical release from StatsSA, if the income growth just remained on par with inflation over the ten-year period, growth should have been at 77.5% or, for this group, R39 976. [b]Whereas the white population of South Africa on average still earn multiples more than the black African category, their average income only grew at 88.38% over the last decade, just above the compound percentage of 77.5% to stay above inflation. At an average of R365 134 per year, the average income for a South African in this group is still more than a R100 000 more than the closest other demographic group – Indians/Asians at R251 541 in 2011. (see table 1).[/b] [/QUOTE] http://www.moneyweb.co.za/moneyweb-south-africa/income-levels-for-white-south-africans-growing-the So as you see the pattern of the colonialist British who put the whites on top, Indians/Asians in the middle and blacks on the bottom... And the whites and the Asians earn 5-6 times what the average black South African does. It isn't even close. [QUOTE] Eighteen years after the end of apartheid, South Africa is now judged to be one of the most unequal societies in the world and its 19 million children bear the brunt of the disconnect. The Unicef report found that 1.4 million children live in homes that rely on often dirty streams for drinking water, 1.5 million have no flushing lavatories and 1.7 million live in shacks, with no proper bedding, cooking or washing facilities. Four in 10 live in homes where no one is employed and, in cases of dire poverty, the figure rises to seven in 10. A total of 330,000 children - and five million adults - are currently infected with HIV, and 40 per cent die from the pandemic annually. Child support grants, introduced in 1997, now reach 10.3m children but another one million who are eligible do not yet receive them. [/QUOTE] http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/healthnews/9280481/More-than-half-of-South-Africas-children-live-in-poverty.html [QUOTE] Sandton is often cited as a materialistic centre and refuge of the white flight from the Johannesburg CBD. Following the launch of Sandton Magazine, the town was satirized in a tongue-in-cheek satirical news story by Hayibo.com[12] that was also published on the Sandton Magazine website. The headline comically read "Sandton magazine hailed as just what rich whites need." There is reference to the requirement of two wealthy young white people on the cover "to help frightened Sandtonians forget about Alexandra township next door." The spoof also uses the magazine's marketing slogan when "four Mozambicans wandered into the ballroom apparently in search of the good life in the great north." These Mozambicans are "tazered," a reference to the advanced crime-fighting technology in the suburb. The materialism is heightened with imaginary article headline "Botox your Botox: why your face can never be paralysed enough." The fears of a Zuma presidency are reiterated "Ten Zuma-proof off-shore investments you can hide from the taxman." The high rates of white emigration and fears post-2010 are also satirized "Likewise, should we be looking at Perth or London post-2010?." Ultimately, security and material items are cited as the solution to any problem in the country "We want to remind people that there is no problem this country can throw at you that you can't solve with electric fencing and a pedicure." Former Sandton resident and author, Sarah Britten cites the town regularly in her book The Art of the South African Insult. She cites the popularity that the town also holds with the growing black middle-class "Empowerment kugels don't hang out in Soweto; they do lunch in Sandton" and quotes columnist Therese Owen's advice to former TV-personality Kedibone, "Now that you're no longer wanted as a continuity presenter on SABC1, go hang out in Sandton and catch yourself a BEE boy." She also references a commentator on Moneyweb, "Sandton is attractive to the schmucks of this world—get over it—$s don't buy class." "Africa's richest square mile" Maude Street adjacent to Sandton Convention Centre The Sandton area is one of the most opulent in Johannesburg and South Africa, and therefore in Africa but not far away (only about 6 km) from Alexandra, one of the poorest former black townships.[citation needed] Sandton covers an area of approximately 156 km sq. while Alexandra is just over 8 km sq. It is estimated that the population of Alexandra is the same as that of Sandton itself. Due to the shortage[dubious – discuss] of available land, the trend in new developments is to go skyward. This is evidenced by the new 140-metre tall Michelangelo Towers, which purports to offer Manhattan-style living in Johannesburg.[13] The new apartment block will be the fourth-tallest building in Johannesburg and local newspaper the Sunday Times reports that the top-selling penthouse apartment was sold for R28 million (around $4 million).[/QUOTE] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sandton Alexandra: [IMG]https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1405/534670971_4104ea3a04_b.jpg[/IMG] https://www.flickr.com/photos/husar/534670971/ [IMG]https://farm7.staticflickr.com/6119/6859017228_48e059b692_h.jpg[/IMG] https://www.flickr.com/photos/pawelczyk_kasia/6859017228/ [IMG]https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7221/7216995396_2a7a28de03_h.jpg[/IMG] https://www.flickr.com/photos/tarkastad/7216995396/ Sandton: [IMG]https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3563/3598578464_7a64c747dc_z.jpg?zz=1[/IMG] https://www.flickr.com/photos/gautrain/3598578464/ [/QB][/QUOTE]
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