From Barbara Klugman, “Victims & Villains,”
in Going Green: People, Politics and the Environment
in South Africa, eds. Jacklyn Cock and Eddie Koch
(Cape Town: Oxford University Press, 1991)
Income and population distribution by colour-caste, 1980
% of population % of income
White 15.4 64.9
Coloured 8.9 7.2
Asian 2.7 3
African 73 24.9
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$150
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whites coloured asian african
$421
$81
$111
$34
If in a room of 1000 SA'ns, $100,000 were distributed (1980 data)
$ per income/colour
blind to 'race' & equally:$100
In that groupof 1000, therewould be:
154 Whites 89 Coloureds 27 Asians730 Africans
Based on theprevious slide’sdata – using
prevailing ‘racial’ classifications
64,834 2,9977,209 24,820
from "A User's Guide to the South African Economy," Y Press, 1994
GNP per capita, 1991
26,930
22,240
6,330
2,940
2,560
2,530
1,460
650
0 5,000 10,000 15,000 20,000 25,000 30,000
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Zimbabwe
Namibia
Botswana
SouthAfricaBrazil
S Korea
USA
Japan
Distribution of 11 official languages, 1994Native speakers as % of population
17.00
15.00
9.70
9.00
8.60
6.70
4.40
2.60
2.20
1.60
22.00
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Nat
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kers
as
% o
f pop
.
Ndebele
Venda
Swati
Tsonga
S Sotho
Tswana
English
N Sotho
Afrikaans
Xhosa
Zulu
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20
40
60
80
100
120
Income Distribution, 1991
% income
% pop
% income 28 61 7 4
% pop 75 14 9 2
African White Coloured Asian
Sorted within ‘racial’ classification
11,682
22,642
26,916
71,598
0
10,000
20,000
30,000
40,000
50,000
60,000
70,000
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African Coloured Asian White
Ave Income (R) - 1990
Ave Income (R)
29
31
42
100
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African
Coloured
Asian
White
Manufacturing wages as percent of white wages, 1990
% of White wages
(manufacturing)
37.5
37.5
7.7
3.3
11.3
2.7
0
10
20
30
40
50
60
70
80
African Asian/Coloured White
Population %s, employed/unemployed
% unempl.
% empl
1990 Sorted within ‘racial’ classification
50% African not in formal employment;30% Asian / Coloured
19% White
Post 2000
Cyril Ramaphosa, one of South Africa’snew men of wealth (according to some
sources – he is indeed a billionaire in SA Currency – His family togetherhas assets
that make them dollar billionaires)http://www.thetimes.co.za/SpecialReports/RichList/Article.aspx?id=646029
Rich get richer thanks to JSE bull run, but they’re still mostly white.
South Africa’s billionaire club is growing fast. This year there are nine new billionaires — on the Sunday Times Rich List.
Phuthuma Nhleko, Sifiso Dabengwa, Rob Nisbet and Irene Charnley from cellular operator MTN are among them, while mining magnate
Patrice Motsepe is now the third-richest man in the country — ahead of Johann Rupert.
The sustained bull run on the JSE means there are a total of 28 billionaires, who hold a combined fortune of R118-billion.
Other billionaires are Abe Krok, through his holding in gaming and entertainment company, Gold Reef Resorts; and Tokyo Sexwale,
chairman of investment and mining group, Mvelaphanda.Jannie Mouton, executive chairman of financial services company PSG Group; Koos Bekker, chief executive of media giant Naspers; and Peter
Malungani, founder of investment holding company Peu Investment Group are the other newcomers.
According to analysts, the JSE’s bull run has contributed significantly to the increased wealth of most corporate executives and investors with
shares in listed companies since 2004.With only 21 billionaires last year, the Rich List now boasts 28.
Among the 183 people who are worth over R100-million each are businessmen Cyril Ramaphosa, Marcel Golding, Saki Macozoma and
Tutukile Skweyiya, wife of Social Development Minister, Zola Skweyiya.
Of the top 100 wealthiest on the list, about 20 are black and three are women.
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5624419
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