Some 50 years on, the idiocy hasnt changed, except for the hue of the honcho note that its always the men who demand more babies. Now its Julius Malema, who has for years now been issuing periodic calls upon black women to produce more babies for the revolution. According to Malema, White people do not want us to give birth because they know we are more than them. So that they can be more than us and the day they are more than us they will take over our land The Nat call for Botha babies was, deservedly, a resounding flop. From 1968 to 1994, whites increased by a quarter from 3.6m people to 4.4m. The black African population, however, more than doubled from 14.7m to 30m. According to StatsSA figures just released, the total SA population is now 57.7m, from 38.6m in 1994. The black African population is 46.7m, whites are 4.5m, coloureds 5.1m, and Indians 1.4m. Demographics is a textbook example of the power of compounded growth rates. Over time, small numbers have huge effects, as is reflected in the fact that the United Nations as recently as 2016 estimated that SA would reach the 58m population level only in 2022. SAs fertility rate is a respectable 2.4% 2.1% is population replacement level especially when compared to the rest of sub-Saharan Africa, where it approaches 5%. But when broken down, it varies considerably, according to the most recent government estimate I could find, that date to 1998: 1.5% for whites, 2.2% for Indians, 2.3 for coloureds and 4.3% for black Africans. Population pressure is not a crisis somewhere down the line that can be tackled by debates at imbizos and summits. It is a crisis right now. SAs economy is simply not growing fast enough, with the gap between population growth and economic growth getting steadily wider. In fact, each year, we are collectively getting about a percentage point poorer. We have arguably the greatest unemployment crisis in the world and it is getting worse, not better. In SA, only 43% of adults work, in most countries that figure exceeds 60%

1.With reference to the article, discuss how population growth affects development.

2.Do you agree that the population growth is influenced by the unemployment rate of (32%) in South Africa?