Ethnicity
A cornerstone of the government policy was the legal separation of the racial communities through most of the 20th century. This racial policy is also commonly referred to as "separate development" in South African government circles, which also created and maintained one of the most rigidly segregated societies in the world. Until 1991, South African law divided the population into four major racial categories: Africans (blacks), whites, coloreds, and Asians/Indians. The black population accounts for 75% of the South Africa's entire population, while 13% consists of the Whites. The Asians account for around 3 % and the Coloreds who are mixed White and Black descent account for 9% of the population.
Migration
The unusual laws in
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Most African traditional social organizations are male dominated. Their leaders are often male. For example, even in the 1990s, in some rural areas of South Africa, wives walk a few paces behind their husbands in keeping with traditional practices. Afrikaner religious beliefs also include a strong emphasis on the theoretically biblically based notion that women's contributions to society should normally be approved by, or be on behalf of, men. In 2014, the global gender gap index for South Africa is 0.7527, placing 18th out of 142 …show more content…
Poverty line is a measure used to separate the poor and the not poor. Statistics South Africa calculates the poverty line by determining the food and non-food items that are essential for daily survival. Since 1994, after the South African Apartheid, the first decade of democracy is also one marked by a cruel lack of data on poverty, especially until 2000.
During apartheid, the group of people who suffered most from poverty were the Indians and Asians, followed by the coloureds and Africans. The whites had the largest share of the country's income as high as 71.2% in 1970. However, their share gradually decreased after 1970 until 47% in 1996. Generally, rural areas have a higher poverty rate than urban areas, since one of the apartheid legislation was to segregate the rest of the population from the whites. The blacks and coloured were removed from urban cities and areas, while the urban areas were called "White Towns", reserved only for the whites. However, after 1970, there was a steady increase of shared income among the Africans. However, even after apartheid, there was only a small increase for the Indians, Asians and coloureds. Poverty also increased in the post apartheid era because of the increase of growth