首页
登录
职称英语
【1】 [br] 【7】 [originaltext] White neighborhoods are becoming darker in comple
【1】 [br] 【7】 [originaltext] White neighborhoods are becoming darker in comple
游客
2024-12-23
42
管理
问题
【1】 [br] 【7】
White neighborhoods are becoming darker in complexion and more expensive. Analysts say that soaring house prices and booming car sales are being fueled by an upwardly mobile black middle class emerging from the ashes of apartheid.
Blacks, who make up about 75 percent of South Africa’s 46.6 million people, are moving from the periphery of the economy into the mainstream thanks to policies aimed at redressing decades of injustice.
Statistics compiled by the independent Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC) show that the black middle class has swelled to 7.8 percent of the total population in 2000 from 3.3 percent in 1994.
"The development of a black middle class was deliberately stunted under segregation and apartheid," said the HSRC’s Roger Southall.
Although official figures are not available, analysts say the black middle class is behind the retail sales boom and strong house price growth.
Before 1994, blacks were precluded by legislation from owning properties in suburbs exclusively reserved for whites and had limited access to bank credit.
But the face of the former white suburbs has changed as blacks increasingly move from the townships in search of security and better municipal services. Living in posh suburbs is seen by many as a status symbol.
"The black middle class is contributing strongly to the growth of the property market and other sectors of the economy," says Jacques du Toit, an economist at banking group Absa.
House prices rose by an average of 30.3 percent in real terms in 2004, the highest since 1967, and business is also booming for auto traders, with a growing number of sales attributed to black buyers.
选项
答案
precluded
解析
转载请注明原文地址:https://tihaiku.com/zcyy/3881777.html
相关试题推荐
Whatisthemainideaofthenewsitem?[originaltext][6]Theuseofmobiles
[originaltext]INTERVIEWER:Mrs.Sutter,isthereaneedtocontrolpopulationo
[originaltext]INTERVIEWER:Mrs.Sutter,isthereaneedtocontrolpopulationo
[originaltext]IsraelisspeedingupconstructionofitscontroversialWestB
Thebombthatexplodedoutsidethepolicestation[br][originaltext]Acar
Thebombthatexplodedoutsidethepolicestation[originaltext]Acarbombe
[originaltext]OfficialsinnorthernBrazilsayafour-dayriotatanotoriously
[originaltext]AcoalitionofenvironmentalgroupshasurgedtheUnitedNatio
[originaltext]Jassie:Wo!It’sverybeautifulandI’vedreamedofcomingherea
[originaltext]Jassie:Wo!It’sverybeautifulandI’vedreamedofcomingherea
随机试题
[img]2011q1/ct_eilm_eillist_0031_20111[/img][br][originaltext]Presenter:W
Man-madeclimatechangeis"unequivocal(毋庸置疑的)"anddemandsurgentaction.Y
瓦斯涌出量的表达方法有( )。A.绝对瓦斯涌出量 B.相对瓦斯涌出量 C.
A.I型夹层动脉瘤 B.Ⅲ型夹层动脉瘤 C.真性动脉瘤 D.假性动脉瘤
小儿痫证除下列哪项之外,均为常用治法A.熄风止痉 B.柔肝熄风 C.化瘀通窍
银团贷款属于()营销渠道模式。A:自营营销渠道 B:代理营销渠道 C:合作
基础心理学是研究()。 (A)正常成人心理现象的心理学基础学科 (B
患者,6岁,冬季随祖父捕鱼,感染风寒,恶寒,发热,头身疼痛,无汗,痰涎清稀而量多
有条件的国有农场建制改组为综合经营型企业集团,基本条件有()。A.实行农工商综
某分部工程有3个施工过程,各分为4个流水节拍相等的施工段,各施工过程的流水节拍分
最新回复
(
0
)