2. Poverty cycle:
Lack of recourses makes it difficult to escape.
Education is key factor in development.
Poor education leads to unemployment or low levels of
income.
Good education provides access to good jobs and
enables career growth.
Lack of education and money makes it difficult to find
a job or starting own business.
May get minimum paying job with no benefits-
manual labour/ tee lady.
4. A total of 20 million people in SA live in poverty.
Poverty:
State of being poor, having little or no money & a few
or no material possessions.
They are often struggling to survive and are faced with
challenges:
Unable to pay for basic needs.
Hunger, having mo housing and living in poor
conditions.
5. Catch diseases easy because of malnutrition & unable
to afford medical care.
Malnutrition:
Condition in which the body does not get all the
necessary nutrition. Caused by not having enough to
eat/ drink.
Lack of access to basic services- drinking water,
sanitation, electricity.
Little or no access to education and skills training
6. Poverty causes socio-economic imbalances- poor
people cannot fully take part in the economy- don’t
have the money to buy goods and services.
Difficult to break the out of the poverty trap/ cycle.
When a parent is unemployed it carries through to the
child- cannot get a good education or other
opportunities and remains in poverty.
If a population grows to fast; it can lead to increased
poverty because of more pressure is put on the limited
resources.
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13. Define the term poverty?
Explain what is meant by the poverty cycle?
Why is the poverty cycle called the poverty trap?
Explain how learning new skills could help people to
escape the poverty trap?
How can the government help?
