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Just before the end of 2012, foreign newspapers reported that South Africa is now the "top spot" on the index most miserable countries took. The last year that Venezuela census 2010 dubious honor, but now the fifth "dropped".
South Africa on the index by Greece and Spain followed. census 2010 The index is by the American economist Arthur Okun coined. This means that the country's unemployment rate to the inflation rate multiplied, and South Africa's unemployment rate of 23.2 percent inflation rate of 5.6 percent was a strong position on the index inevitable.
For various reasons their little disturbing observers to the index. In the first place there are numerous such indices with different organizations and publications that maintain their own indexes, and South Africa is not at all under the frontrunners. The index, which by most publications in South Africa census 2010 is Zimbabwe indicate if the "winner", with a country like Namibia, which lies not far from it. Observers described the index as a gimmick.
A miserable index would make more sense than other factors such as violence, politics, lack of press freedom, census 2010 lack of individual and minority rights, corruption and other crime, service delivery, primary education, hunger and labor peace also included would be.
In South Africa it is very complicated to calculate something. South Africa, according to the World Bank the largest income gap in the world, which means that a large part of the population is malnourished or even starving, and another part very spacious living.
South Africa census 2010 is the rape capital of the world. In Southern census 2010 Africa, the murder rate of 30.5 per 100,000 per year (South Africa's 30.9), in North Africa, 5.9 per year, and West Africa (for those whose geography is lopsided - there where "we" Nigerians are coming) - it is 15.4 per 100,000 per year. North America's was 3.9 and in Central America, it is 28.5 per 100,000 per year. Western Europe's in per 100,000 per year.
In a large part of the world shook its head a party such as the ANC not only still in power may be, but the parliament so overwhelming census 2010 control. After President. census 2010 Jacob Zuma recently elected ANC president and as President of the country is re-elected, South Africa by much of the media as a disaster census 2010 off overseas. There, unlike here, Cyril Ramaphosa are not so sanguine as eenswaeltjie summer seize.
South Africa will only almost a year to know if his free fall in the corruption perception index could stop. Until the latest index, South Africa - ironically - the measure of consolation to the Bricslande but now runs head to head with Brazil. Brazil is starting to improve his position, while South Africa spectacularly the retrogression going.
South African farmer briskly backward on the press freedom index, and shortly before the new adjustment is made, press the seventh most free country in Africa. A few years ago, South Africa was the most pressing free country on the continent. Several factors, especially the ANC's determination to the so-called snoerwet to implement, and the SABC-TV's blatant census 2010 Imbongi playing Zuma will likely continue the country on this index drops back.
Even the annual padslagting concerned that South Africa census 2010 measured in deaths per 100,000 of the population the 72th highest in the world, playing a tragedy census 2010 him. It is high considering that a large part of the population own transport.
An index rather the "miserable index" can be called the index of failed states. That index is the state that the worst performing Somalia, number one. South Africa, in 115th place, as "borderline" considered, but the bad news is that the country closer to the status of failed state "progress".
But complaining South Africans often with white bread among the poor? Those on the wrong side of the poverty line and the income it not. It would be wrong to say that the country and its people should be happy because there are other countries where things get worse. census 2010 Every country and its citizens must always strive for excellence.
There are silver rims. South Africa might not be too good on the press freedom index go, but the South African soil has not been the record number of 121 journalists killed in 2012 making it. Except for a few journalists who have a quick turn behind bars made, wearing South Africa to the 232 journalists worldwide behind bars not. South Africa's census 2010 position on the press freedom index is about as much determined by what Rhoda