SOCIO ECONOMIC ISSUES 
SOCIO-ECONOMIC
ISSUES!!!
BY:
AMMARAH SULIMAN
GRADE 10
WHAT DOES SOCIO- ECONOMICS
MEAN?
Socioeconomics is an area that governs the understandings and the activities of individuals that shape them as economically active
WHAT IS SOCIO-ECONOMIC ISSUES? socio-economic issues are the problems that socioeconomics tackles and the factors that have negative influence on the individuals' economic activity. Such issues are lack of education, cultural and religious discrimination, overpopulation, unemployment and corruption.
SOUTH AFRICA AND SOCIOECONOMIC ISSUES:
The socioeconomic issues in South
Africa is mostly HIV/AIDS, unemployment, poverty, crime, lack of education and xenophobia.
HIV/AIDS
What is HIV/AIDS?
Human immunodeficiency virus infection / acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (HIV/AIDS) is a disease of the human immune system caused by infection with (HIV).During the initial infection, a person may experience a brief period of influenza-like illness. This is typically followed by a prolonged period without symptoms. As the illness progresses, it interferes more and more with the immune system, making the person much more likely to get infections, including tumours that do not usually affect people who have working immune systems.
HIV is transmitted primarily via unprotected sexual intercourse contaminated blood transfusions, hypodermic needles, and from mother to child during pregnancy, delivery, or breastfeeding.
Impact of
HIV/AIDS
Five factors to determine impact:
1. number of people infected in the firm 2. Role of affected person in company
3. Structure of production process and its ability to cope with absenteeism
4. Benefits provided company
5. Effect on business environment of
HIV/AIDS in other companies and in the Government
Impact of
HIV/AIDS
• lack of productivity due to increase in absenteeism • if they are deaths due to AIDS they will be a lack in availability of workers
• firms which have health programmes may find themselves responsible
ISSUES!!!
BY:
AMMARAH SULIMAN
GRADE 10
WHAT DOES SOCIO- ECONOMICS
MEAN?
Socioeconomics is an area that governs the understandings and the activities of individuals that shape them as economically active
WHAT IS SOCIO-ECONOMIC ISSUES? socio-economic issues are the problems that socioeconomics tackles and the factors that have negative influence on the individuals' economic activity. Such issues are lack of education, cultural and religious discrimination, overpopulation, unemployment and corruption.
SOUTH AFRICA AND SOCIOECONOMIC ISSUES:
The socioeconomic issues in South
Africa is mostly HIV/AIDS, unemployment, poverty, crime, lack of education and xenophobia.
HIV/AIDS
What is HIV/AIDS?
Human immunodeficiency virus infection / acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (HIV/AIDS) is a disease of the human immune system caused by infection with (HIV).During the initial infection, a person may experience a brief period of influenza-like illness. This is typically followed by a prolonged period without symptoms. As the illness progresses, it interferes more and more with the immune system, making the person much more likely to get infections, including tumours that do not usually affect people who have working immune systems.
HIV is transmitted primarily via unprotected sexual intercourse contaminated blood transfusions, hypodermic needles, and from mother to child during pregnancy, delivery, or breastfeeding.
Impact of
HIV/AIDS
Five factors to determine impact:
1. number of people infected in the firm 2. Role of affected person in company
3. Structure of production process and its ability to cope with absenteeism
4. Benefits provided company
5. Effect on business environment of
HIV/AIDS in other companies and in the Government
Impact of
HIV/AIDS
• lack of productivity due to increase in absenteeism • if they are deaths due to AIDS they will be a lack in availability of workers
• firms which have health programmes may find themselves responsible