Mining for Fuel to Boost Economy of South Africa

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What price would you put on a diamond or even gold, is certainly not the economy of an entire country. That is the case in South Africa with mining being their fuel to boost their economy. Their economy needed the boost due to political instability burying the country into the ground. Being the fuel that helped South Africa’s GDP raise by 20% it has helped this country improve so much over the years.
Political instability is one of the key factors that has and still makes South Africa so dependent on the mining industry. There is an excessive amount of poverty in South Africa due to an unemployment rate of 22.7%. The unemployment is high for several reasons, the first being racial discrepancies. In South Africa it has always been one race is superior over the other. Taking that into account when it comes to jobs a whole race would not be hired for the job just because of the color of their skin. The Second factor is the lack of education so the community does not have the knowledge to do the job. Third, is lifestyle of tribal people. The tribal people in South Africa have not adjusted to the lifestyle of people in the society. On average they hunt for food and look for materials that will be helpful; for instance, wood, clay and coal. Therefore the tribal people are in poverty because they do not use money to support themselves. That is why political instability is holding the South African economy back and making it reliant on their mining industry.
Mining in the past has helped give the South African economy a direction to follow and have a solid bases to build off of. Diamonds were first discovered in 1867 in Johannesburg by a Dutch farmer which was the beginning of South Africa’s expanding economy. 1886 the gold industry star...

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...quality. The chemical spills will also effect the water supply. They had decreased the death rate due to mining to under 500 in 1996. A decade later it had decreased to under 200 deaths. Over time the government has been able to make working in the mines safer for the community. The mining industry has created a negative effect on the health of the workers but the community is trying to solve that problem.
Over all the mining industry has had a positive effect on South Africa. It has caused positive relationships with neighboring countries, improve the economy of South Africa in the past, and is still improving the economy now. The mining industry has helped South Africa break through the political instability that has been holding it back. Even though there are a few problems the mining industry is causing it is over all helping South Africa be a better country.

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