An evaluation of the effects of poverty in Khayelitsha: a case study of site C

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Date

2005

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University of the Western Cape

Abstract

The study seeked to investigate an evaluation of the effects of poverty in Khayelitsha Site C. Poverty in this area has manifested in the conditions people live under and the social effects of such conditions in the life of Site C residents was assessed in terms of/or in relation to the following: levels of infant mortality; level of malnutrition; rate of school drop out due to lack of food and other resources; high level of alcohol abuse; lack of basic services and the shortage of toilets etc.

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Magister Artium - MA

Keywords

Poverty, South Africa, Khayelitsha (South Africa), Economic conditions, Social conditions

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