SPRINGBOKS AT THE SOLOLE GAME RESERVE. PIC ELON LESTRADE. 17-06-2004. STORY HELE Township and rural economies continue to face challenges driven by apartheid spatial planning, poor infrastructure, limited investment, weak coordination and persistent inequality.
South Africa's economic geography remains deeply shaped by apartheid spatial planning, with economic opportunities still concentrated in metropolitan areas decades into democracy.
The National Youth Development Agency (NYDA) says that many township and rural communities continue to struggle with inadequate infrastructure, poor transport links, fragmented land-use planning, and limited productive investment.
The agency says that these inequalities continue to affect almost every aspect of young people's economic participation.
Young people living in townships and rural areas often pay higher transport costs to reach jobs, experience weaker digital connectivity, face greater barriers to accessing finance, and operate in smaller consumer markets.
