Apartheid
- Created by: Hannah Jeffery
- Created on: 24-05-15 16:10
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- South Africa
- Disparities in South Africa
- The condition or fact of unfairly being treated as different
- wealthiest country in Africa
- due to largest reserves of gold and diamonds
- major inequalities along racial lines
- 20% of blacks aged 20 and above had gone to higher education
- while 70% of whites had
- whites had a higher standard of living
- 99% of whites had a flushing or chemical toilet while only 41% of blacks did
- increase spread of infection
- reduce work productivity and life expectancy
- increase spread of infection
- creates conflict
- ranked 116 globally on the peace index
- also influenced by access to weapons
- 99% of whites had a flushing or chemical toilet while only 41% of blacks did
- 20% of blacks aged 20 and above had gone to higher education
- Apartheid
- Afrikaans word meaning 'segregation'
- political and legal system in south Africa between 1948- 1994
- to separate whites and blacks
- political and legal system in south Africa between 1948- 1994
- separate healthcare system
- European hospital had excellent doctors
- white doctors didn't have to work in black peoples hospital
- poor healthcare for blacks
- separate beaches
- 8:1 black to white
- but white believed they were the master of Africa
- if blacks disobeyed they would be imprisoned, fined or whipped
- blacks were only thought to be good for a cleaner, brick layer or on a farm
- only received education suitable for this
- law that blacks should get a lower wage than a white person
- refused the right to strike
- no mix race sexual relations
- june 16 black children had a peaceful protest
- government ordered the shooting of 1000s of innocent children
- Afrikaans word meaning 'segregation'
- current inequalities
- regional inequality
- goldfields around Johannesburg
- limpopo
- subsistence farmers
- remittances
- ethnic inequalities
- overall whites come from wealthy backgrounds
- overall blacks come from poorer backgrounds
- positive discrimination to increase employability of blacks
- resentment from whites as poverty of whites has increased
- crime and personal safety
- 5 times more murders tan in the UK
- twice as easy to get hold of for weapons
- blacks in poverty turn to crime to survive
- creates negative image of blacks
- regional inequality
- Disparities in South Africa
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