South Africa is a middle-income developing country with a
population of about 43 million people and an area of 1.2 million
square miles. It has with an abundant supply of resources,
well-developed financial, legal, communications, energy, and
transport sectors, and a modern infrastructure supporting an
efficient distribution of goods throughout the region. However,
with a high unemployment rate of approximately 30% unemployment and
economic problems remaining from the apartheid era, South Africa is
struggling to lift disadvantaged groups out of poverty.
In the rural areas fuelwood plays a significant role in household
energy. The contribution of biomass (fuelwood and bagasse) to the
country's primary energy supply is estimated at 10%, and over 65%
of the total net energy consumed in the household sector comes from
fuelwood.
South Africa is a middle-income developing country with a
population of about 43 million people and an area of 1.2 million
square miles. It has with an abundant supply of resources,
well-developed financial, legal, communications, energy, and
transport sectors, and a modern infrastructure supporting an
efficient distribution of goods throughout the region. However,
with a high unemployment rate of approximately 30% unemployment and
economic problems remaining from the apartheid era, South Africa is
struggling to lift disadvantaged groups out of poverty.