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South Africa: the challenge of migration on employment

early January the OECD released a report on the unemployment rate which would affect South Africa 24.5% of the population. An increase over last 2007 figures: 22.3%. But mostly it mainly affects the black population (28.6% against 4% in whites). South Africa will need a growth rate above 5% over the next few years to curb unemployment.
The Center for Development and Enterprise in Johannesburg showed that 2005, 65% of those between 15 and 25 years were unemployed. One imagines that these data are not much better today (Chart: Youth unemployment rate 2008).

Yet Jacob Zuma promised to create 500,000 jobs before the end of 2009, economic crisis and financial crisis. He has yet to promise:
-implantation of large-scale plant expected to create 350,000 jobs in the next 10 years
- green economy promises to create 300,000
- infrastructure development: 250 000
- 10% more positions in the public Public
- 140 000 Mine
- 260 000 in the social economy

The disturbing social perspectives (crime, white flight, unemployment, land reform stalled ...) are present within middle-class white and black. Some observers point to the same transition from a society breeds a class society. But the use of racial rhetoric is always used in response to criticism by the ANC . As the reference to Mandela. In his first campaign ad, the ANC and Mandela is one of the faces of his campaign, and his appearance at an election rally of the ANC in the Eastern Cape shows that the party uses its historical legacy more than his political record.

The results of the ANC : 14 million additional people now have a roof, and 80% are connected to the mains. In 1994, 51% of the population was considered poor, against 41% in 2007 (official figures). In 2008, 12 million people received state aid from the aid program of 6.4 billion euros (72.3 billion rand) in 2005-2006 an estimate of over 10 billion euros (118.1 billion rand) for 2009-2010.

Yet in 2008, 43% of South Africans lived on less than two dollars a day (UN figures). The crucible between rich and poor continues to rise, despite steady growth since 1994. This continuing growth has not allowed the party to challenge. However, the tax paid at 90% by the white minority, and insecurity are pushing young white graduates into exile. South Africa has one of the murder rate the highest in the world. "Apartheid criminalizes any form of political protest, the struggle for liberation politicized crime. " The candidate
Zuma was advocating populist and radical measures to satisfy the electorate base of the ANC, and the left wing of the party that supported him against his predecessor. President Zuma faces a country affected by the international crisis and an internal structural crisis.

Sources: SLG / Africa Asia