Environmental Problems In South African Americans

Zulu is an ethnic group in Africa, they are said to be the largest ethnic group in South Africa. Most Zulus are located near the KwaZulu-Natal region. The Zulus are really famous for their “fighting spirit” and also for their beaded crafts and basketry. Their main language is Bantu, but there are many languages that come under that. In this essay I wanted to discuss some environmental problems that Zulus go through, and also relate to the problems that African Americans have gone through in the past. One of the biggest environmental problems Zulus face is lack of water. This has been a problem when it started raining less than it used to. The rain was what provided drinking water to the whole country. Another reason there are water shortages is because of the population growth. As the population grows there is a lot of demand for water and since there is no water they aren’t able to supply it to them. The third reason they don’t have water to drink is because of pollution. …show more content…
In South Africa pollution is mostly caused by industries, factories, oil, and by all the people that move in to look for jobs or more. “According to Randwater, one of the biggest municipal suppliers of clean water, states that water can be polluted in terms of either bacteria and germs or chemical pollutants landing in the water.” Whenever there are chemical pollutants in the area, they land in the water and then they go through the water into the ground, and it pollutes the underground water which is one of the reasons they don’t have clean water to