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TELEMATIC TEACHING PROJECT People and their Needs [email protected] ECONOMIC ACTIVITIES TRADE GLOBALISATION WATER AS A CRITICAL RESOURCE ECONOMIC ACTIVITIES ECONOMIC ACTIVITIES C L A S S I F I C A T I O N PRIMARY ACTIVITIES •Extraction of raw materials from nature •Examples: farming, fishing, forestry, mining SECONDARY ACTIVITIES •Adding value to raw materials •Industries, manufacturing, building TERTIARY ACTIVITIES •Service Industry •Examples: Distribution, selling, education QUATERNARY ACTIVITIES •Specialised service rendered by professionals •Examples: Administration, information, research AGRICULTURAL SYSTEMS SUBSISTENCE •For need •Traditional •Small yield •Little capital •Small surplus COMMERCIAL •For market •Modern •Large yield •Large capital •Large surplus AGRICULTURE LIMITING FACTORS •Seasonal droughts • Poverty •Erosion •Dense population •Poor farming methods Cultivation of plants and animals for food production FOOD SECURITY ROLE •Provides food •SA produces wide variety of products • Provides work •Development of services DEFINITION Access Availability Use of food •Poor farming methods When people have enough food to eat in order to sustain a healthy life •Pests & disease in animals/crops •Wars •HIV and AIDS •Flooding •Droughts •No infrastructure •No mechanisation •Rural depopulation •Poverty •Erosion •Politics •High population growth rates LOCATION OF INDUSTRIES Government Raw material Market Labour Water Power SOUTHWESTERN CAPE FAVOURABLE •Agriculture / fish FACTORS LIMITATIONS RAW MATERIAL •No mining (Heavy ind) •Water available WATER •Skilled/unskilled LABOUR •None TRANSPORT •None •Harbour / rail / road •Koeberg •Local market /Tourism •Parliament •Historical / Education POWER MARKETS •Water - scarce •Expensive no coal •Buying power -PWV GOVERNMENT •None OTHER MANUFACTURING REGIONS Study this section by means of the following table: REGION FAVOURABLE FACTORS LIMITATIONS MAIN INDUSTRIES PWV Complex DurbanPinetown South-western Cape Port ElizabethUitenhage Problem: Development only in these four regions, the rest of the country under developed. Post 1994 government developed a programme to promote development across the country Industrial Development Zones (SDI’s) & Spatial Development Initiatives (SDI’s) G 10 IDZ (A-H) BOTSWANA •Close to habours & airports. •Boost exports •Job creation NAMIBIA • • 3 Phalaborwa Polokwane 6 • •• J-burg Rustenburg 1 F H • Upington • Pretoria Nelspruit SWAZ 2 • • Bloemfontein E Kimberley • R-Bay 4 LES D 5 •Durban •Port Edward 9 A Saldanha • Cape Town • C 8 • • 7 East London B Port Elizabeth SDI(1-10) •Developing 10 underdeveloped corridors. TRADE TRADE When a country sells goods to other countries and buys what it needs from other countries. BALANCE OF PAYMENTS A statement in which a country’s transactions with other countries are indicated IMPORTS Goods brought into country EXPORTS Goods sent out of country BALANCE OF TRADE = Exports minus imports Year Exports R-Million Imports R-Million Balance R-Million 1982 19 290 20 079 -789 1983 20 708 17 545 +3 163 GLOBALISATION GLOBALISATION - DEFINITION A couple eats sushi in Johannesburg. A lady buys French perfume in Australia. A Brazilian man is driving an American car DEFINITION The exchange of capital, people, information and ideas across the world. EFFECTS OF GLOBALISATION ADVANTAGES •Access to goods and services all over world. •Greater variety of things to buy •Foreign investments can help countries. •We become aware of our role as global citizens. DISADVANTAGES GLOBALISATION IMPACT ON AFRICA •Becoming poorer. •Lack of development •Poor governance. •Loss of identity – Dumping ground for music, movies, food •Lack of accountability. •No benefits for poor people. •Cultural loss and sameness: wear same brands eat same food. •Gap between rich and poor increased Economic integration Accountability Equality/inequality Terrorism Communication Shrinking world Recognition Technology/Internet Trade versus Aid Free trade Outsourcing Culture Brands Capitalism Exploitation Monopoly/Power Growth Environment Poverty WATER AS A CRITICAL RESOURCE WATER USE IN SOUTH AFRICA AFFECTING FACTORS AND SUSTAINABLE USE FACTORS AFFECTING AVAILABILITY OF WATER •Low rainfall (Less than 500 mm per year) •High evaporation rates •Periodic droughts •Climate change •El Nino •Groundwater only source of water for many rural people •Most rivers non-perennial SUSTAINABLE USE OF WATER •Conserve water •Large industries, like ESKOM should recycle •Periodic droughts •Regional water suppliers should recycle •Desalination of water •Monitor water resources and services. •Drip irrigation and other water-saving farming technology TUGELA-VAAL Water from Spioenkop dam (Tugela) is pumped to the Sterkfontein dam to supplement water in the PWV area. ORANGE RIVER PROJECT Orange-Fish river tunnel was built to transfer water to the Fish River for Irrigation. Hydroelectricity also genetated. INTER BASIN BERG RIVER SCHEME TRANSFER Water transferred from the Theewaterskloof SCHEMES dam to the Berg and Eerste river valleys. LESOTHO HIGHLANDS Upper courses of the Orange River dammed and transferred to Vaal River. Lesotho also benefits: sells water & electricity, employment Thank you for paying attention