Unemployment in Africa

In Newcastle, South Africa authorities were sent to shut down a factory because of the national enforcement against clothing factories that violate minimum wage. However the workers of the factory shout out in protest against the officials surprisingly. Indeed, the manager of the factory did pay her less than minimum wage, but that small amount that she did get was what kept her family afloat. Africa economy has been improving by following the examples in the west, but it has not improved fast enough. Therefore the unemployment rate has been the worst in the world. Moreover, the global economic crisis has made the whole situation in Africa worse still. Experts believe that the government is not helping as they said they would some 16 months after the latest president was elected. The high trading prices are one factor that contribute to the issue of joblessness. However some say that the root of the whole disaster stems from the racial oppression that happened years before. Blacks were forced into rural areas making them cut off from the economic world and the "engines of the economy". Africa is having a hard time competing with the low-waged workers of China. The products of their work as flooded the african market and left thousands unemployed. This crisis is a product of the theory of apartheid, which keeps blacks from integrating into the world of education and industry contributing to the problem of unemployment.