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South Africa—Published Articles VOCATIONAL EDUCATION IN SOUTH AFRICA Xiaming Jin SouthAfrican youth are the most vulnerable in that country’s labor market, with a strikingly high unemployment rate. This article addresses the vocational education system in South Africa and offers recommendations and implementation strategies to address the impact of youth unemployment transformation. Current challenges and capacities in the South African labor force are analyzed and appropriate measures to mitigate the effect of technological change are suggested. THE RACIAL UNDERPINNINGS OF HOUSING DISPARITIES IN SOUTH AFRICA Kevelis Matthews-Alvarado This article explores the unintentional harmful consequences of governmental policies meant to diminish racialized housing disparities. The need to better consider community-based solutions to address housing segregation and the entangled disparities is discussed. Empower Shack and Hustlenomics are posed as two successful and growing examples of positive systematic interventions. COMBATING CORRUPTION IN THE SOUTH AFRICAN PUBLIC HEALTH SECTOR Christianna Angeli S. Pepingco Corruption in the public health sector threatens the health and well-being of South Africans, and inadequate accountability and enforcement by the government allow for injustices to prevail. This article discusses how the vulnerabilities of the South African public health system allow corruption to persist, evaluating current efforts to mitigate corruption and offering recommendations to improve tactics in the fight against it. HIVAND AIDS IN SOUTH AFRICA: EMPOWERING INDIVIDUALS TO MAKE WIDESPREAD CHANGE Ariel Pawlo For over three decades, the HIV and AIDS epidemic has been ravaging South Africa with only limited success in controlling the spread of the virus. Pre-exposure prophylaxis provides a novel opportunity simultaneously to progress toward the end of the epidemic and to empower marginalized groups by giving them more control over their health. This medication will serve a dual purpose by protecting individuals and beginning to unravel the sociocultural forces that allowed the epidemic to flourish at its onset. SOUTH AFRICA’S EDUCATION DILEMMAS Hanna Skinner SouthAfrica has made progress in attempting to address and alleviate the social barriers and systemic inequality born out of apartheid. However, the current education system continues to fail poorer students, thereby perpetuating class inequality. This article examines the issues most prevalent in South Africa’s public education system and provides possible solutions that can alleviate the high levels of disparity present. RESTRUCTURING SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT IN SOUTH AFRICA: OPPORTUNITIES FOR ECONOMIC GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT Karim M. Rajmohamed South Africa is failing to manage the waste that its rapidly growing population is generating in urban areas. Existing waste infrastructure is deteriorating while environmental degradation, per capita energy demand, and unemployment continue to rise. This article examines how economic value can be derived from organic waste via anaerobic digestion methodologies to create a solution that synergically solves many problems related to a legacy of historically unsustainable development within the country.