Case Study 4: Limpopo➡️ Guateng, South Africa (LEDC)

Question 1

What are the push factors of rule Limpopo providence?

Answer 1

• dissatisfied with life in countryside
• no connection to the National Grid and therefore no electricity
• no electric cookers
• lack of money
• Poor job opportunities
• Poor quality of life
• people rely on farming and tourism for their income. Which are both very seasonal
• most households earn less than 1000 Rand per month
• 60% of people live below the poverty line

Question 2

What are the Paul factors of urban Guateng province?

Answer 2

• Jobs available that pay more
• better health care
• better schooling (in Limpio pro only 120,000 children to complete primary education, in Guateng 320,000 children complete primary education)
• most household 7175 Rand A month
• 77.86% own and electric stove
• 87.26% own a fridge freezer

• 57.65% have a phone connection

Question 3

What are the positive and negative impacts for this movement for Limpopo?

Answer 3

• Brain drain – rule areas lose their most skilled workers, aged between 24 and 35. Can have an impact on regions economy
• remittances – the good thing is that money earned in Guateng (in the city) is sent home to rural Limpopo and used to support their families
• information and ideas – new technologies and skills learned in the city fly back into the country where they are used to support local businesses
• Circular migration occurs when migrants go back to them pop or at busy times of the year to help with harvest etc. This reduces demand on water and food supplies in auroral areas but on the negative side has encouraged the spread of AIDS which has a big impact on people of a working wage

Question 4

What are the negative of this movement (for Guateng Providence and cities like Johannesburg)?

Answer 4

• Cities like Johannisberg are becoming over populated (1.5 million people) and services like water supply, sanitation, housing, transport and health care are being fully stretched.
• In formal housing (shantytowns) are becoming larger as people move in and have nowhere to live.
• Soweto, 12% of the population live in shantytowns. Often there are not enough jobs to go around

Question 5

What are the positive of this movement (for Guateng Providence and cities like Johannesburg)?

Answer 5

1. Management of over population in Johannesburg – Johannesburg city authority has improved watersupply and Soweto.
2. Many new pipes have been made, and tower ship roads have been paved brackets (232km). This work was carried out by people in Soweto, providing them with jobs as well.
3. The number of street lights has in increased, in the past five years 16,427 lights have been installed or abraded improving safety. 316,000 jobs have been created, many in self-help projects to improve water supply, housing and sanitation in shantytowns.
4. R31 million has been spent on improving parks and increasing quality of the environment (6 million trees). Police presence has been increased by 331%

Question 6

Where is Guateng located?

Answer 6

• Guateng is South Africa’s most of them Province and contains three major cities of more than 1 million people: Johannesburg, Pretoria, and Soweto. In limp open, 90% of the province live in Laurel areas. Do you 249,000 people moved from impossible to Guateng in 2005