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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$50

$100

$150

$200

$250

$300

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$450

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

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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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Venda

Swati

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S Sotho

Tswana

English

N Sotho

Afrikaans

Xhosa

Zulu

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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

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10,000

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Ave Income (R) - 1990

Ave Income (R)

29

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42

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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

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30

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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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