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Rising manifestations of inequality in the South African context and the effects of globalisation.
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Globalisation has become the defining process of the present age. "In the past century, there has been a technological explosion, largely in the domain of transportation and information, that makes the interactions of a print-dominated world seem as hard-won and as easily erased as the print revolution made earlier forms of cultural traffic appear." (Appadurai 47). Globalisation is a very uneven process, with unequal distribution of benefits and losses. "This imbalance leads to polarisation between the few countries and groups that gain, and the many countries and groups in society that lose out or are marginalized." (Khor 53). The uneven and unequal nature of the present globalisation is manifested and reflected by the fast growing gap between the world's (and more specially South Africa's), rich and poor people and between developed and developing countries; and by the large differences among nations in the distribution of gains and losses. "The complexity...
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