Transcript Outlines of the Shape of Apartheid South Africa

From
Barbara Klugman, “Victims & Villains,”
in Going Green: People, Politics and the Environment
in South Africa,
eds. Jacklyn Cock and Eddie Koch
(Cape Town: Oxford University Press, 1991)
Income and population distribution by colour-caste, 1980
% of population
White
% of income
15.4
64.9
Coloured
8.9
7.2
Asian
2.7
3
African
73
24.9
If in a room of 1000 SA'ns, $100,000 were distributed (1980 data)
$450
Based on the
previous slide’s
data – using
prevailing ‘racial’
classifications
$421
$400
$ per income/colour
blind to color & equally:$100
$350
$300
In that group
of 1000, there
would be:
$250
$200
$150
$100
$111
$81
$50
african
asian
coloured
$34
whites
$0
154 Whites
89 Coloureds
27 Asians
730 Africans
from "A User's Guide to the South African Economy," Y Press, 1994
GNP per capita, 1991
650
Zimbabwe
1,460
Namibia
2,530
Botswana
2,560
South
Africa
Brazil
1
2,940
S Korea
6,330
USA
Japan
22,240
26,930
0
5,000
10,000
15,000
20,000
25,000
30,000
Distribution of 11 official languages, 1994
Native speakers as % of population
Ndebele
1.60
Venda
2.20
Swati
Native speakers as % of pop.
2.60
Tsonga
4.40
S Sotho
6.70
Tswana
8.60
English
9.00
9.70
N Sotho
15.00
Afrikaans
17.00
Xhosa
22.00
0.00
5.00
10.00
15.00
20.00
25.00
Zulu
Income Distribution, 1991
Sorted within ‘racial’ classification
120
% income
% pop
100
80
60
40
20
0
African
White
Coloured
Asian
% income
28
61
7
4
% pop
75
14
9
2
Ave Income (R) - 1990
71,598
80,000
70,000
Ave Income (R)
60,000
50,000
40,000
26,916
22,642
30,000
20,000
11,682
10,000
0
African
Coloured
Asian
White
Manufacturing wages as percent of white wages, 1990
(manufacturing)
100
White
42
Asian
31
Coloured
29
African
0
20
40
60
% of White wages
80
100
Population %s, employed/unemployed
Sorted within ‘racial’
classification
50% African not in formal employment;
30% Asian / Coloured
19% White
80
70
60
1990
37.5
% unempl.
% empl
50
40
30
20
37.5
2.7
3.3
10
7.7
11.3
0
African
Asian/Coloured
White
Post 2000
Cyril Ramaphosa, one of South Africa’s
new men of wealth (according to some
sources – he is indeed a billionaire in SA
Currency – His family togetherhas assets
that make them dollar billionaires)
http://www.thetimes.co.za/SpecialReports/RichList/Article.aspx?id=646029
Rich get richer thanks to JSE bull run, but they’re still mostly white.
South Africa’s billionaire club is growing fast. This year there are nine
new billionaires — on the Sunday Times Rich List.
Phuthuma Nhleko, Sifiso Dabengwa, Rob Nisbet and Irene Charnley
from cellular operator MTN are among them, while mining magnate
Patrice Motsepe is now the third-richest man in the country — ahead of
Johann Rupert.
The sustained bull run on the JSE means there are a total of 28
billionaires, who hold a combined fortune of R118-billion.
Other billionaires are Abe Krok, through his holding in gaming and
entertainment company, Gold Reef Resorts; and Tokyo Sexwale,
chairman of investment and mining group, Mvelaphanda.
Jannie Mouton, executive chairman of financial services company PSG
Group; Koos Bekker, chief executive of media giant Naspers; and Peter
Malungani, founder of investment holding company Peu Investment
Group are the other newcomers.
According to analysts, the JSE’s bull run has contributed significantly
to the increased wealth of most corporate executives and investors with
shares in listed companies since 2004.
With only 21 billionaires last year, the Rich List now boasts 28.
Among the 183 people who are worth over R100-million each are
businessmen Cyril Ramaphosa, Marcel Golding, Saki Macozoma and
Tutukile Skweyiya, wife of Social Development Minister, Zola
Skweyiya.
Of the top 100 wealthiest on the list, about 20 are black and three are
women.
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5624419
Wiki
but world
bank source
GINI
social
equality
coefficient
top rank
(=
lowest score, at
bottom of table)
Wiki
but world
bank source
GINI
social
equality
coefficient
bottom rank
& SA
Wiki
but world
bank source
GINI
social
equality
coefficient
USA
World bank
ranking of GDP
World
bank
ranking of
GNI
PPP
World
bank
ranking of
GNI
PPP
World
bank
defs
of
GDP
GNI
PPP
Global
Peace
Index
Top rank
Global
Peace
Index
South Africa
Global
Peace
Index
US &
South Africa
;)
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