Poverty in South Africa

Poverty is a shortage of common things such as food, clothing, shelter and safe drinking water, all of which determine our quality of life. Poverty may affect individuals or groups, and is not confined to the developing nations. Africa is categories as one of the poverty country. Most of Africa’s poor live in small village and farming areas. The problem is even if they have some land, the soil is so poor very little will grow, there is little water, or they have no money for seed or tool to work the land. African nations typically fall toward the bottom of any list measuring small size economic activity, such as income per capita or GDP per capita, despite a wealth of natural resources. Factor of poverty in South Africa is a poor governance, conflict, corruption, and environmental degradation. Africa's economic malaise is self-perpetuating, as it engenders more of the disease, warfare, misgovernment, and corruption that created it in the first place. Other effects of poverty have similar consequences. The most direct consequence of low GDP is Africa's low standard of living and quality of life.