South Africa Education and Healthcare Post-Apartheid

South Africa Education and Healthcare Post-Apartheid Teresa Meyer SOC 2630-042 Deidre Tyler

Table of Contents • • • • • •

Wealth among racial/ethnic groups Wealth among black Africans Poverty South Africa Education Issues Matric exams pass rate Education Marginalization

Table of Contents (cont.) • • • • •

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