d. The number of teachers was 344,083, of whom 226,900 were black (Library of Congress, 67). As of the mid 1990’s, South Africa has 21 major universities which are government financed and open to students of all races. Secondary school graduates can attend one of 15 technikons, 128 technical colleges, and 70 teacher training colleges. Students in universities and teacher training colleges numbered 362,000 in 1994 with 14,460 academic staff members. At technical colleges, students numbered 191,087 with a teaching staff of 5,532. Each university sets its own tuition costs and receives government funding based on student-faculty ratios and tuition receipts (Library of Congress, 68).Today South Africa is a middle income, developing country with an abundant supply of resources; well-developed financial, legal, communications, energy, and transport sectors; a stock exchange that rank among the ten largest in the world; and a modern infrastructure that supports an efficient distribution of goods to major urban centers throughout the region (“Introduction: Economic Profile," 1999).The World Bank Group reports that South Africa has a gross national product of 120.2 billion in U.S. dollars and per capita of $2,880. Although South Africa has the highest GNP in southern Africa, only 13 percent of the population (about 5.4 million people) lives in “first world” conditions and 53 percent of the population (about 22 million people) live in “third world” conditions. Only one-fourth of these households have access to electricity and running water; only half have a primary school education; and more than a third of the children suffer from malnutrition. In 1998 it was estimated that South Africa had a GDP of $290.6 billion. Among the sectors that contribute to South Africa’s GDP are the mining, industry, agriculture, and service sectors. The lowest 10 percent receive 1.4 percent of the household income a...
