Reply #17: Yes, that is why I said "measured by average salary".

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There is a huge divide between the black and white, with blacks having made some progress. But it is very difficult to overcome over 200 years entrenched racial/economic policies in a few decades, made worse by sanctions to end apartheid. It will probably take 2-3 decades more.

Unfortunately, privatization that was pursued after 1994, has limited the progress that should have been made.
Although, I do think that Trevor Manuel has done a good job under the circumstances.
Also, the forced upgrading of jobs by blacks may have contributed to the backward steps, such as the bad management of the energy policy. But one has to start somewhere.

South Africa certainly does not have any money to spare to pursue nuclear weapons, and there was some wasting of money on some recent arms deals. The money should have been spent on energy and education and job-training of the "lost generation", who lost out on education between the last 70's and 90's. Check the age of the people who killed Lucky Dube.