Studienarbeit aus dem Jahr 2018 im Fachbereich Sozialwissenschaften allgemein Note: 1 0
Pädagogische Hochschule Karlsruhe (Mehrsprachigkeit) Veranstaltung: South Africa: Culture
Literature Language Sprache: Deutsch Abstract: South Africa is a developing country with a
history characterized by constitutional racial segregation and prejudice in the form of
Apartheid through white supremacy that gave way to a non-racial democracy only in 1994. South
Africa does not just reflect the nature and diversity of challenges globally but also the
strategies pursued by countries to address these issues. Government institutions campaigns and
local communities have been looking for innovative ways to improve problems of all South
Africans they are dealing with. Social and economic determinants of violence and a legacy of
apartheid policies such as racism segregation injustice and inequality must be addressed to
reduce inequalities in society and build community cohesion. In the following section I would
like to give a short insight into my research. The central question of the paper is to expose
how South Africa has changed after Apartheid and what the New South Africa looks like? In order
to evaluate the way in which post-Apartheid South Africa deals with the issues challenges and
problems and accommodated its population diversity this paper is organized in four parts. The
first chapter of this paper will give a rough outline of the most important historic events in
South Africa during Apartheid. The second chapter deals with internal political transformations
after the end of apartheid. This part provides a context on the land issue and to the
challenges post-apartheid has to address with unemployment poverty and inequality. The third
part focuses on political processes and debates about the spread of HIV AIDS in South Africa.
The last chapter is about the culture of violence against African migrants called Xenophobia.
At the very end there will be a final conclusion which illustrates the question and the
aspects which emphasize the results regarding to the hypothesis that are made.
