South Africa and Argentinia, two countries with two faces - South Africa, a developing country?

14 important questions on South Africa and Argentinia, two countries with two faces - South Africa, a developing country?

Why is the life hard for the black rural population?

Their ground isn't fertile, on their small piece of land for self-subsistence.

How is the agricultural land in South Africa divided?

Agricultural land in South Africa is ver unequally divided. (50.000 whites own 85% of all the land).

What's the difference between 'white' and 'black' farmers?

White farmers: - big commercial farms, with mechanization
Black farmers: - plots for selfsubsistence in the homelands.
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Why is life hard for the black rural population in South Africa?

  • the land is not fertile --> harvests are poor
  • if you're lucky you can work for the white farmers (seasonal workers eg. grape pickers.

What does the black government has promised to introduce?

  • land reform
  • re-destribute the land among black farm workers and small farmers.

Why is there not much progress in land reform and re-distribution in South Africa?

  1. It costs a lot of money
  2. government is afraid of a sharp fall in the food production.

What will be the future for the farmers in South Africa?

It looks as if the whites will continue to own most of the land.

Why is it hard to survive in the under developed countryside of South Africa?

  1. a lot of unemployement
  2. almost all the jobs are in agriculture
  3. the amenities are poor

Where do the blacks form the under-developed countryside work, a few months a year?

  1. many blacks work in the cities for a few months.
  2. Some work in the mines near Johannesburg

Some blacks leave the countryside altogether and move towards the slums around the big cities. How do they make a living?

  • they find jobs in the informal sector
  • they become unemployed.

Have the cieties grown fast in South Africa?

More than half the poulation of South Africa lives in a citiy. That's more than in other African countries, though urbaniszation rates are rising fast there too.

What are the important demographic indicators?

  1. High levels of migration from a rural to an urban environment.
  2. fast population growth.

Why does the population in south Africa is growing more slowly than in Africa. Why?

  1. family planning (the more prosperous the economy the smaller the families)
  2. life expectancy is lower (HIV spread mostly among black population)

How do you measure development?

Basic indicators :
  1. GNP
  2. Basic necessities (food, shelter, education, healthcare)
  3. poulation growth
  4. means of subsistence
  5. urban0rural distribution

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