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South Africa Flashcards

1
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What is the population of South Africa?

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59M

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2
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What is the rate of population growth?

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1.0

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3
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What is the GNI per capita?

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6,530$.

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4
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What is the life expectancy?

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65.3

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5
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What is the adolescent fertility rate?

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67/1000

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6
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What is the infant mortality rate?

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33/1000

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7
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What is the GDP?

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419B$

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8
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What is the HDI?

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0.71

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9
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What place does SA rank in African economies?

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3rd.

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What are the % splits of energy sources?

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65% coal, 18% crude oil and 11% renewable.

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What % of SA electricity is produced by Eskom, the state-owned utility.

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95%.

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12
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What place is SA in the global rankings of greenhouse gas emitters?

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14th.

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13
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Where are the largest coal deposits?

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Ecca Coalfields.
1/3 of coal reserves in the Southern Hemisphere and covers 2/3 of South Africa.

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What are the negative impacts of the Ecca minefields?

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Combustion wastes, coal mine wastes and coal land fires. This damages wildlife and spreads illness and disease.

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What happened in the Emalaheni plant in 2006?

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60km away from the plant, wastes leaked into the water supply and killed thousands of fish, crocodiles and freshwater turtles, aswell as poising potable water.

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16
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How many people lack basic water services in sub-saharan Africa and why?

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387M, before the transition to democracies in 1994 the development of the country’s water resources were not a focus, considering the most in need were the black majority.

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17
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In 1994, how many people in SA did not have clean water?

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14M, 35% of the population.

18
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From 1994 to 2004, how many more people gained access to clean water?

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13.4M

19
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How many households had access to clean water in 2018?

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95%.

20
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How many households had clean running water within?

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64%

21
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How much of all the water infrastructure in SA is not functional?

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1/3rd.

22
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How much money was needed to counteract water shortage in SA?

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R898 billion.

23
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How far short is SA from being able to afford counteracting water shortage?

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R333 billion.

24
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How much of South Africa’s land area is farmland?

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80%, over 96 million hectares.

25
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How much of the 96 million hectares of farmland was classified as permanent meadows/pastures?

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87%

26
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What % of South Africa’s GDP is agricultural in nature?

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2.4%.

27
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What are the two largest crops in SA?

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Sugar and maize (in the top 10 maize producers globally).

28
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How many chickens are being farmed in SA, and how much income does animals/animal products bring in?

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179M, and they bring in R152 billion.

29
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How much were agricultural exports?

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9.5 billion USD.

30
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What % of South Africans believe that corruption is the number 1 problem facing the country?

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9.1%, the second highest behind unemployment.

31
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What does corruption in SA encompass?

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The improper use of public resources for public ends, including bribery and improper favouritism.

32
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What corruption score does SA have?

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43/100, ranking it 71st in the world.

33
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SA has a robust anti-corruption framework, but why is corruption an issue?

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Laws are inadequately enforced due to corrupt police and accountability in public sectors is nonexistent.

34
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What % of South Africans believe that you risk retaliation if you report corruption?

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76%.

35
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What was Former President Jacob Zuma accused of?

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Spending state funds, delegating contracts based on nepotism, and business with familial connections benefitting from association.

36
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In Nov 2020, how many SA political officials were arrested on corruption charges?

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134

37
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Following Zuma’s arrest in July 2021, what was the reaction in Guateng?

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Mobs looted shopping malls and indusrtial parks, looting nearly 1000 shops as an overwhelmed police force was ineffective.

38
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What happened in Durban following Zuma’s arrest?

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The mobs ravaged large areas, forcing the country’s largest oil refinery to shut down, with roads to its harbour (Sub-Saharan Africa’s biggest) closed, disrupting fuel and food deliveries into the city.

39
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What did critics say about the violence following Zuma’s arrest?

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It was the deadliest period of unrest since the end of Apartheid 1994.

40
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What was the military reaction to the looting following Zuma’s arrest?

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They would dispatch 25,000 more troops as the initial 2500 were insufficient. They were still outnumbered.

41
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What was Zuma’s arrest seen as?

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An extraordinary victory for the rule of law, but the former-president’s supporters used inflammatory rhetoric, suggesting the verdict was meant to divide Zulu people.

42
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What was the reaction in KwaZulu-Natal to Zuma’s arrest?

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Pro-Zuma gunmen barricaded a highway and torched 35 trucks.

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