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Really terrible living conditions exist in townships
New estimates of poverty show that the proportion of people living in poverty in South Africa has not changed significantly between 1996 and 2001. However, those households living in poverty have sunk deeper into poverty and the gap between rich and poor has widened.
Small Boy standing by his shack in township village near Cape Town
POVERTY....
Cape Town South Africa
One of the largest problems in South Africa is poverty. A large percentage of South Africans live in townships which are small settlements. These townships are communities of houses (shacks), often with no electricity, running water on proper insulation.
 Village in Ghana |
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 Ghana village people |
 Market in Ghana |
 Ghana woman cooking |
 Ghana school |
 Village in Ghana |
 Women doing laundry |
 Cooking outside |
 Typical Shack Village |
 Proverty |
 Local Market |
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**Please note ....these are actual pictures taken on trip to Cape Town, South Africa and Ghana, South Africa.
South Africa suffers from poverty and malnutrition. The health of the people is threatened because of these two factors. Even though South Africa has one of the largest economy, a quarter of its people live on less than a dollar each day. This raises the crime rate in this country greatly.
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