The authors of this article are Lisa Findley and Liz Ogbu. Though their credentials aren’t mentioned, they do appear to source and reference other media in their article to organize it all together. Basically the article goes over how townships were used as a racial construct. It goes more into detail about the process of Africa’s townships that are still areas of struggle even today. Compared to other social issues there might be, this one mainly talks about townships and property, though it briefly mentions This may not cover the broad subject, but it still lays the groundwork for introductory information about how Apartheid still affects people today. There is a copious amount of information on the townships that will help contribute information to paint the big picture of my report. The intended audience appears to be a casual reader, not intended for an academic resource, though still an informational article. People who might want to generally know about current social issues in the world might be this intended audience, so it could still be useful even though it’s a few years old; it’s still an example of modern era Africa after Apartheid.
Myre, Greg, “20 Years After Apartheid, South Africa Asks , ‘How are We Doing?’ ”
NPR Parallels. National Public Radio, 6 May. 2014 npr.org/sections/parallels/2014/05/06/
310095463/20-years-after-apartheid-south-africa-asks-how-are-we-doing.
Accessed 5 Oct. 2018
This article was written by a national security correspondent that works towards anti-terrorism. He was posted to South Africa in 1987, the year that Nelson Mandela was released from prison. I would believe this to be credible because as a profession, Myre would need to be caught up on the events in modern South Africa as well as knowing of the past condition they were in. The article goes over how the economy and the government haven’t really worked to improve much ever since Apartheid. "People totally excluded from any form of economic activity, including the informal sector, is possibly as low as 11 percent (Myre)”, explains how the economy has probably even worsened for the public. It goes on to say that the only advancements people are making are from those who have some sort of connection to a party or government. I believe this will help me because it focuses much on the economic aspect and how much of a toll these struggles are for the general public. This seems to be a more credible source as compared to the last one and it can give enough information in a shorter than the other one. It adds onto the research information of the last article by going into economic aspects in life, plus the issue of property from the previous one. The intended audience of this article would also be meant for casual news consumers.
Chigumadzi, Panashe, “Why is South Africa still so Anti-Black, so Many Years
after Apartheid?” The Guardian. Guardian Media Group, 10 Mar. 2017,
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/mar/10/south-africa-
anti-black-violence-afrophobic. Accessed 5 Oct. 2018
This article is written by Panashe Chigumadzi, the founder and editor of Vanguard Magazine. As a journalist who writes about reaffirming the African identity, I’d trust her to be a credible source for talking about the social issues occurring in South Africa. In the article, accounts of xenophobic and racist attacks in South Africa are written about. It also goes on to specify how South Africa isn’t anti-immigrant, but anti-black instead. There seems to still be a white-dominated economy that calls for major economic transformation; xenophobia still plays a part in this and South Africa is still a hostile area for those in the working class. Even though this still mentions the economic state, it does address how people are socially affected by this as well. From recent news, this is a fairly new article in comparison to others sourced, having been written a year ago in 2017. Though the source is more used for casual news, the author of this article affirms it as credible. The intended audience seems to be general readers of The Guardian for people who casually want to know about the happenings in the world.
Conway-Smith, Erica, “20 years since Apartheid: What’s changed in South Africa, and
what hasn’t?” PRI. Public Radio International, 27, Apr. 2014, https://www.pri.org/
stories/2014-04-27/20-years-apartheid-whats-changed-south-africa-and-what-
hasn’t. Accessed 8 Oct. 2018
There aren’t many credentials on this author, other than other articles that she has written, but there are some statistics in the text that could be seen as credible. This article goes on to entail that South Africa is moving towards Nelson Mandela’s idealistic country. The murder rate has been more than halved and their houses are becoming less low quality. Despite this, it goes onto talking about how the economy has gotten much worse and that it’s more corrupt. In comparison to other articles, some of the positives may have been out of date, since some recent ones don’t focus on many upsides. “Like all births, the birth of our democracy is not without pain, but it will be a time of joy and of hope for the future”. Something that differentiates the article from other articles I’ve chosen is the fact that it does include things that have changed in South Africa in order to add two sides to the claim. This intended audience for the article might, again, be for those who know history and want to see the impacts it has on the world today.
Goodman, Peter, “End of Apartheid in South Africa? Not in Economic Terms” The New
York Times. A.G. Sulzberger, 27 Oct. 2017, https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/
24/business/south-africa-economy-apartheid.html. Accessed 8 Oct. 2018
This article is written by a European economics correspondent, though previously a national economics correspondent. As he would know about the economy in different countries, he would be a credible author on this specific topic (Economy in South Africa). The article goes onto saying how black South Africans still have yet to experience political liberation, even though they make up for three fourths of a 55 million person country. “We never dismantled Apartheid,” said Ayabonga Cawe, “The patterns of impoverishment and enrichment are still the same”. As time goes on, people are still living in the same circumstances as they did during Apartheid. The New York Times on its own is a reasonably credible news website that has many experienced authors to write for them. It helps to have an actual account from someone who has been affected by these factors in South Africa, and Cawe helps to provide that. While most articles are from the outside looking in, this one has a real time interview on how their personal life is with (or without) all the changes since Apartheid.
Onselen, Gareth “Is SA really worse now than under Apartheid?” Huffington Post. Huffington
Post Media Group, 2 Dec. 2018, https://www.huffingtonpost.co.za/gareth-van-onselen/
is-sa-really-worse-now-than-under-apartheid_a_23358994/. Accessed 9 Oct. 2018.
On the Huffington Post, this article is written by someone in international studies, mainly Africa, and has been for a long time now. He holds authority on this topic because he specifically would know details about South Africa as a political analyst. This article does address how colorist against black people still plays a leading role in South Africa today. Julius Malerna has been outspoken on how the healthcare and housing hasn’t improved; to an extent, he says that it’s even worse now than it was during the Apartheid. Mmusi Maimane argues that the current education system of Africa isn’t all that different from the education back then. The general idea of Africa being worsened instead of improving is within this article. This one also credits the words of some activists who speak out about the issues going on in South Africa. I think the inclusion of people who have been outspoken about improving South Africa will be beneficial to my report. HuffPost tends to be a fairly credible source with few holes in their stories. Again, this is targeted towards those who want an understanding of what else is going on in the world.
Majozi, Phumlani “ Have Black Peoples’ Lives Improved after Apartheid?” Polity. N.p, 20 June
2017, http://www.polity.org.za/article/have-black-peoples-lives-improved-after-apartheid-
2017-06-20. Accessed 9 Oct. 2018
Because there is not much known about the author nor is there a brief profile on them, it is not entirely certain if they hold authority in speaking about this topic. The domain which this is hosted on is questionable, but because it seems to be in an organization domains, it might be alright. This article talks about the unemployment that black People have felt hasn’t improved. They use statistics to back up this claim. Also, it’s stated that 80% of the farmland is owned by white families, proving again that African people haven’t had equal treatment. It seems that this article doesn’t exactly bring a whole lot more to the table, but the statistics are a good thing to know when referencing these facts.
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