One of the major concerns surrounding South Africa to date is the inequity in health care. Since South Africa has such a diverse populations it has been a challenge to aid all of its inhabitances. The definition of inequality says that it is “an unfair situation in which some people have more rights or better opportunities than other people” (merriam-webster). Inequality can have a multitude of different ways it can present itself. It can steam from gender, economic status, age, race, and sexual orientation. However, when does inequality become an inequity? The definition of inequity is “unfair treatment”(Merriam-Webster). Most inequalities come form social determinates that people were born into. People suffer based on circumstances that they
