Poverty is when someone or a family live on less than $1.25 a day (Which is less than R11.00 in South Africa). People living in poverty don’t have proper housing, sanitation, jobs, access to education and healthcare. Poverty is one of the leading problems in South Africa. It is a part of the Triple Threats the country faces and the other two threats are unemployment and inequality. Poverty leads to lack of education, disease and unemployment. There are different types of poverty:
Absolute Poverty: Also known as Extreme Poverty. It is when there is lack of basic food and water, sanitation, housing, and health. People struggle to live a healthy and safe lifestyle.
Relative Poverty: This is when people can afford basic food and water, sometimes …show more content…
Apartheid
Ever since the beinning of Apartheid, people of colour were forced to move to rural areas and build their own house there. Not many people had the sufficient funds to build proper houses so they had to find other alternatives and this led to the increase of poverty. This historical cause links in with Chronic Poverty.
2. Inequality
Since women didn’t have many rights in the past, the men were the only ones bringing in the income. It was hard for women to acquire jobs that would bring in more income especially when they have children and the children can’t go to school.
3. Not many people in the past had stable, well paying jobs. There are cases where people lost their jobs and had to rely on other means to live. Also the lack of education contributed to the unemployment issue because people didn’t have the knowledge and skills needed for the job.
However the government and other organisations have come up with solutions to help mitigate poverty in our country.
The government created this programme known as Expanded Public Works Programme with 3 Phases. Poverty stricken communities would get involved with government work and programmes to earn income and to relieve the poverty threat. For Phase 1, it was implemented in April 2004 for a 5 year period and its aim was to promote the economy and sustainable growth. During this phase, the programme surpassed the set target of creating 1 million work opportunities to 1.6 million opportunities 1 year ahead of the set
Absolute Poverty: Also known as Extreme Poverty. It is when there is lack of basic food and water, sanitation, housing, and health. People struggle to live a healthy and safe lifestyle.
Relative Poverty: This is when people can afford basic food and water, sometimes …show more content…
Apartheid
Ever since the beinning of Apartheid, people of colour were forced to move to rural areas and build their own house there. Not many people had the sufficient funds to build proper houses so they had to find other alternatives and this led to the increase of poverty. This historical cause links in with Chronic Poverty.
2. Inequality
Since women didn’t have many rights in the past, the men were the only ones bringing in the income. It was hard for women to acquire jobs that would bring in more income especially when they have children and the children can’t go to school.
3. Not many people in the past had stable, well paying jobs. There are cases where people lost their jobs and had to rely on other means to live. Also the lack of education contributed to the unemployment issue because people didn’t have the knowledge and skills needed for the job.
However the government and other organisations have come up with solutions to help mitigate poverty in our country.
The government created this programme known as Expanded Public Works Programme with 3 Phases. Poverty stricken communities would get involved with government work and programmes to earn income and to relieve the poverty threat. For Phase 1, it was implemented in April 2004 for a 5 year period and its aim was to promote the economy and sustainable growth. During this phase, the programme surpassed the set target of creating 1 million work opportunities to 1.6 million opportunities 1 year ahead of the set