South Africa Flashcards
quälen, heimsuchen
plague
vielfältig, Vielfalt
diverse, diversity
von etwas profizieren
to benefit from sth.
befestigt, verstärkt
fortified
etw. in Besitz nehmen
seize
Missverhältnis
disproportion
Verhaftung
imprisonment
verhandeln
to negotiate
Fortschritt
progress
foltern
torture
… people are living with HIV in SA
5.7 million
… % of pregnant women have HIV
28
… children below the age of 15 have HIV
280.000
AIDS causes an estimated … deaths every day
1.000
Sexual violence
South Africa has one of the highest levels of rape in the world
township living
- lack of privacy
- small shacks
- high crimerate
- no running water
- not enough to eat
- bad hygiene
- no education
- drugs
- hopelessness
- no access to birth control
the vicious circle of poverty
- born
- low education
- no money
- can’t escape
The immoraltiy Act
1949
prohibting all sexual relations between black and white
The Group Areas Act
1910
assigning racial groups to different residential areas
The separate Amenities Act
speparate public facilities
The population Registration Act
classifying all South African people into 4 racial groups
The Surpression of Communism Act
1950
punishing anyone who is against the government
(communists)
The Bantu Education Act
1953
separated schools even more
- money flowed to white schools
- less education - more control
new flag
1994