Africa Working Group

South Africa is often considered to be the model country of Sub-Saharan Africa and on Tuesday the Africa Working Group discussed the factors that make it a successful country. We determined that a prominent factor was the overthrowing of the apartheid government through non-violent means which has preserved South Africa from the violent political conflicts that have plagued so many other African nations. Though there is no national violence there is still a great deal violent crime (South Africa has the second highest murder rate in the world) which likely stems from vast inequality which the country still needs to address.