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KwaZulu/Natal 640<br />
Gauteng 758<br />
Northern Transvaal 435<br />
Eastern Transvaal 376<br />
North West 333<br />
TOTAL 5 212<br />
Primary Schools Nutriti<strong>on</strong> Program<br />
In September 1994 the new government instituted the Primary Schools Nutriti<strong>on</strong> Program for<br />
which it has budgeted R440 milli<strong>on</strong> countrywide in the first year. The scheme is administered by<br />
the provinces <strong>and</strong> varies slightly from regi<strong>on</strong> to regi<strong>on</strong>. Gauteng, for example, has targeted<br />
schools in farming areas initially. All primary school children in these schools are given a highcalorie<br />
early-morning snack before classes begin. The province intends to exp<strong>and</strong> this program to<br />
schools in poor urban communities.<br />
Water supply<br />
The availability of clean water plays an important role in physical health. The table below shows<br />
that in four of the nine provinces the majority of black South Africans have no easy access to<br />
clean water.<br />
No water in home or <strong>on</strong> plot as % of populati<strong>on</strong><br />
13<br />
Coloreds Blacks Indians Whites<br />
Eastern Cape 3.2 67.1 - 0.1<br />
Northern Cape 7 9.2 - -<br />
Western Cape 0.3 11.7 - 0.2<br />
Orange Free State - 39.2 - 0.2<br />
KwaZulu/Natal - 60.4 1.1 0.4<br />
Gauteng - 6.5 - 0.1<br />
Northern Transvaal - 67.5 - -<br />
Eastern Transvaal - 37.8 - 1.3<br />
North West - 55.8 - 0.5<br />
Ec<strong>on</strong>omic inequality<br />
The Educati<strong>on</strong> Atlas used three variables - the % of households below the poverty level, the<br />
unemployment rate for 1990 as compiled by the Development Bank of South Africa, <strong>and</strong> a<br />
dependency ratio based <strong>on</strong> the number of 0-19 year-olds plus those over 65 as a percentage of the<br />
total populati<strong>on</strong> - to compile an indicator of ec<strong>on</strong>omic inequality (see Map 116). With few<br />
excepti<strong>on</strong>s, areas in the "Very Badly Off" category are in the former homel<strong>and</strong>s <strong>and</strong> TBVC<br />
states. Many rural areas in former "white" South Africa, including much of the Orange Free State<br />
<strong>and</strong> secti<strong>on</strong>s of the Eastern Cape, are in the "Badly Off" category, whereas the Western Cape <strong>and</strong><br />
Gauteng are classified as "Well Off" or "Very Well Off."<br />
Areas in need of urgent educati<strong>on</strong> assistance<br />
Using four variables that are available for the entire country -the black pupil-teacher ratio, the