Economic and Social Change 1994-1999

• • 1,600 killed in political violence in 1994, only half that number in 1995
• Social: 22,000 People appeared before the TRC and gave testimony. 1,500 were granted amnesty.
• Life expectancy fell from 64 years to 53 years, with AIDs patients sometimes occupying 40% of beds in public hospitals.
• By 1999, SA was experiencing the highest rate of HIV/AIDs infection in the world
• In 1995, SA had as murder rate more than 7 times higher than the world average
• Exam pass rates for black pupils were only 35% in the mid 1990's, whilst for whites it was 96%.
• SA had 52,000 rapes notified to the police in 1998.
• Over 1.1 million cheap houses were built.
• 500 new health clinics gave 5 million more people access to primary facilities.
• Economic growth had reached 3% per year in 1996 - the highest for many years.
• The average rate of GDP growth between 1994 and 2000 was 2.7% (the aim was 6% per year).
• There were still around 22 million people living in poverty by 1999.
• Unemployment increased by around 2% per year between 1996 and 1999.