The Cause Of Poverty In South Africa

Poverty

1. Introduction

Poverty is a condition whereby the people, a person or the community lacks financial resources to satisfy their needs and wants. Poverty can also be defined as a situation whereby the government does not enough to feed the whole country such as failing to providing houses for its people.

1.1 Background

The root of poverty is unemployment and earning a salary that is too little to feed the whole family. Some people choose to be unemployed as it is against their religious while there ae other people who are highly willing to work but cannot find employment due to lack of jobs and relevant qualifications. Poverty occurs mostly in rural areas rather than in urban areas, In South Africa there were about 74% of poor people living in rural areas and Most of all rural areas people lack 16% living in urban areas (StatsSA, 1995).People from rural areas lack access to infrastructure such as health care, schools, houses and many other more. The development of infrastructure takes place more slowly in rural areas which often results in more poverty.

The research which has been done in 2002 to 2011 proved that more than 71.1% of black African children lived in low income household while only 4.2% of white children This was caused by the apartheid laws. Even when the apartheid ended the South Africa government decided to open doors to foreign trade and investment and by so doing that it opens doors for jobs to foreigners.

1.2 Problem statement

Ways to reduce poverty in South Africa?

1.3 Hypothesis

Education is the most cure of poverty, it open doors for employment which will lift out the poor from poverty.