GLOBALISATION AND SOUTH AFRICA AIM Student 431 May‚ 14th‚ 2012 Index Introduction page 3 Definition of Globalization in own words page 4 South Africa as an emerging country and globalization page 5 Trade agreements the South African government made since 1994 page 6 Globalization‚ the economy and foreign direct investment page 7 Globalization and Technology in South Africa page 8 Conclusion page 9 Bibliography page 10 Introduction
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References 15 Appendix 17 Country Analysis 1. General South Africa is a medium sized country that occupies a total land area of slightly more than 1.2 Million square kilometers. It stretches more than 2‚500km from the desert boarder with Namibia on the Atlantic coast‚ southwards around the tip of Africa‚ then north to the border with subtropical Mozambique on the Indian Ocean. It is one-eighth the size of the United States‚ twice
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fruit‚ and vegetables‚ and some of the planet’s cleanest air‚ it’s people isn’t as healthy as might be imagined. South Africa major health public concerns are HIV/AIDS‚ malaria‚ smoking related disease‚ and tuberculosis‚ just to name a few of them but all of which affect the non-white population more than the white; apart form these. HIV/AIDS in Africa The rise of sickness in Africa today is mainly caused by HIV (Human Immunodeficiency Virus) is the virus that causes AIDS (Acquired Immunodeficiency
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third largest multinational consumer goods company. It owns over four hundred brands some of which are found in South Africa. It began operations in South Africa in 1891 when it introduced the popular Sunlight brand. It is therefore fact that Unilever has always been a key player in South Africa’s economy. During apartheid many multinationals began to withdraw from South Africa as disinvestment gained momentum. Unilever’s however decided to continue investing in the South African economy. Unilever’s
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South African Unemployment The Republic of South Africa‚ while certainly taking forever to do so‚ made monumental leaps with regards to civil rights when in the early 1990s when the government repealed Apartheid legislation and had its first universal elections held in 1994. A quick look at GDP numbers and you would find that South Africa has the largest economy in Africa‚ and so without delving deep into it one might think that the economy and country have been prospering post Apartheid. After
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Neo-liberalism and the resource curse of Africa Globalization is described as the accelerated flow of goods/services‚ information and people but since colonialism theses flows have permitted many countries (the West) to build strong states‚ governments and accumulation of wealth ; while others ( Africa) were still held back by political instability‚ social inequality and economic injustice. Inequality in African countries puts Africa in a pre and post modernist era‚ and with such instability the
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Desertification in Africa Land covers “ 14.9 billion hectares of the earth’s face”. According to the United Nations data‚ “ 6.1 billion hectares are dryland” of which one billion hectares are “ naturally hyper arid desert”(www.eden-foundation.org). The rest has either become desert or is being threatened by desertification. This natural process has caused misery among those most directly caught in its path‚ turning productive land into dryland. (Mensching‚ 7). The Sahel- the world’s largest
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prevention as opposed to treatment of HIV. ’ One of the major problems affecting the South African country is the spread of HIV. The country is believed to have the most number of HIV victims than any other country. As seen on the diagram‚ South Africa has the highest adult HIV prevalence. (GRAPH) Only 10% of the children who need treatment are able to have the benefit of undergoing treatment; this causes the country’s life expectancy to decrease further. By looking at the different ways on how
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A Far Cry from Africa By Derek Walcott Derek Walcott was a black poet writing from within both the English tradition and the history of his people. The speaker is conflicted‚ on the one hand he loves his native homeland in Kenya and he does not want to see his people being slaughtered and treated the way they are now. He also loves his English home‚ but if he stays in Britain‚ He feels that he is letting down his people by not going back to his native homeland to help with defending Kenya from
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liberation movement in Southern Africa in the struggle for independence‚ focussing on their origins‚ challenges and achievements during the liberation struggle‚ their ascendancy to government and their transformation into ruling parties. Is liberation movement in South Africa a nationalist or class struggle? Stated simply and briefly‚ the problem in Southern Africa is one of the liberation of some twenty three million indigenous people residing in south Africa‚ Namibia‚ and Zimbabwe. But
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