South Africa Education and Healthcare Post-Apartheid

1. South Africa Education and HealthcarePost-Apartheid Teresa Meyer SOC 2630-042 Deidre Tyler

2. Table of Contents • Wealth among racial/ethnic groups • Wealth among black Africans • Poverty • South Africa Education Issues • Matric exams pass rate • Education Marginalization

3. Table of Contents (cont.) • South Africa Healthcare Issues • Life Expectancy • HIV prevalence urban vs. rural • Infant Mortality • Healthcare professional inequality

4. Wealth among racial/ethnic groups

5. 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

6. 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.

7. 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

8. South Africa Matric pass rate

9. Education Marginalization

10. 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

11. Life expectancy * The prevalence of HIV has caused the mortality rate to drop by 10 years for blacks between 1994 – 2004.

12. HIV comparison between urban and rural area

13. Infant Mortality

14. 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