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南非近来国内问题层出不穷，自94年种族隔离结束后再次登上头版头条引发国际关注。
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Over the Rainbow
Josie Delap
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口语节目地址：http://bulo.hujiang.com/menu/2120/item/682514/When apartheid ended in South Africa in 1994 the hope was that the vast potential of a vibrant nation would soon be unleashed. Those hopes and dreams may not have been dashed but they appear to have been put on hold. The country has been a scene of headline-catching and indeed murderous industrial disputes and its credit rating has been downgraded. Perhaps most damningly the World Economic Forum's Global Competitiveness Report ranks South Africa 132nd out of 144 countries for its primary education. But the country's President Jacob Zuma has been particularly irked by a story which appeared in the latest edition of the Economist entitled Over the Rainbow. It paints a bleak picture of a declining country crippled by a corrupt and incompetent leadership. Josie Delap wrote it. She's the Economist's southern Africa correspondent.
Obviously under apartheid, the black population of South Africa was discriminated against heavily when it came to education. But you know, 18 years after full democracy, only, just over 7% of schools in South Africa have libraries that actually have books on the shelves. There're schools that don't have chairs. There're schools that don't have toilets. So in terms of just the infrastructure, things are in a fairly dire state.1994年，南非种族隔离政策结束，人们希望这个激情四射的国家可以释放巨大的发展潜力。这样的希望和梦想虽貌似尚未完全泯灭，但看起来却是止步不前。事实上，占据头版头条的南非新闻通常是致命的劳资纠纷，以及该国信用评级的下降。而其中最令人沮丧的，当属世界经济论坛全球竞争力报告中，南非由于其初级教育问题，在144个国家中排名第132的事实。新近出刊的经济学人杂志上，题为“彩虹之上”的文章，引起了国家总统雅各布·祖马先生的特别关注。文章描绘了由于腐败和不力领导，致使国家不断衰败的暗淡景象。经济学人杂志驻南非特派记者Josie Delap女士写了这篇文章。
显而易见的是，种族隔离政策下，南非的黑人群体在教育方面受严重歧视。但是，要知道，完全实行了18年民主政治后，现在的南非，依然仅有7%的学校拥有确实有书的图书馆。很多学校没有桌椅板凳，还有些学校没有厕所。基础设施建设方面处于相当糟糕的状态。