South Africa
Education and Healthcare
Post-Apartheid
Teresa Meyer
SOC 2630-042
Deidre Tyler
Table of Contents
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Wealth among racial/ethnic groups
Wealth among black Africans
Poverty
South Africa Education Issues
Matric exams pass rate
Education Marginalization
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South Africa Healthcare Issues
Life Expectancy
HIV prevalence urban vs. rural
Infant Mortality
Healthcare professional inequality
Wealth among racial/ethnic
groups
Annual Household Income
281000
300,000
250,000
200,000
135000
150,000
79000
100,000
50,000
0
38,000
Annual Household
Income
Wealth among black Africans
• Although a new black middle class has
emerged post-Apartheid, there is a
significant gap among the richest black
Africans and the poorest black Africans
Poverty in South Africa
• Almost 57% of the South African
population live in poverty
• Nearly 4 million children go to school
under-nourished
• There is a direct correlation to poverty and
education and healthcare. Increased
education and healthcare can help end the
cycle of poverty.
Education Issues
• Language barriers (11 official languages
and schools teach in English)
• Lack of resources
• Poorly trained, under-qualified teachers
• Poor facilities
• 12 million children live in poverty and at
least a third of these children are starving
South Africa Matric pass rate
Pass Rate comparison
80%
70.20%
70%
60%
50%
40%
40%
Pass Rate
30%
20%
10%
0%
late-1990s
2011
Education Marginalization
12
11.24
10
8.48
8
6
4
2
0.68
0.98
0
Adult Literacy(women)
Blacks
Years of education (age 17-22)
Whites
Healthcare Issues
• Inequitable healthcare for blacks
• AIDS epidemic
• Lack of healthcare support systems and
resources
• Lack of public sector funding
• Lack of health care workers
Life expectancy
70
Years
55
0
5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45 50 55 60 65 70 75
* The prevalence of HIV has caused the mortality rate to drop
by 10 years for blacks between 1994 – 2004.
White
Blacks
HIV comparison between urban
and rural area
45.00%
39.10%
40.00%
35.00%
30.00%
25.00%
20.00%
15.00%
15.10%
10.00%
5.00%
0.00%
HIV Prevalence
Urban Cape Area
Rural Zula-Natal
Infant Mortality
2.70%
Infant Mortality
White
Blacks
20%
0%
5%
10%
15%
20%
25%
Healthcare worker inequality
• 1 physician per 91,000 blacks
compared to 1 physician per 330
whites
• South Africa is experiencing a “brain
drain” is which medical professionals
are leaving for other countries since
post-Apartheid