Depression:

According to the World Health Organization more than 264 million people globally suffer from depression. Depression can lead to suicide, annually around 800 000 people take their own lives. Suicide is second in line for the most caused deaths. With the facts introduced above, we all can agree that this is a social problem.

Smash - and – grab:

43.1% of South Africa do not have a work. Smash – and – grab happens because people do not have money to buy the basic products that they need to survive. This problem classifies as a social problem.

Rape:

According to Africa Check, 40% of woman living in South Africa are raped, but only 8.6% perpetrators go to jail. Toxic muscularity is when men use violence as an indicator to show how much power they have. It can lead to rape because the man what is to be dominated in the relationship. Not only women get raped but men too. This is a social problem.

HIV/AIDS:

This illness is unquestionably an enormous social problem. In 2017 South Africa had the highest infection rate in the world. There are many implications relating to HIV, financial struggles, unemployment, child headed households and the risk of mother to child transmission.

Fast foods:

According to the indigo Index in 2019, South Africa was declared to be the unhealthiest country in the world. Obesity can lead to numerous illness, like diabetes, heart problems and cholesterol. A study was done indicating that to eat unhealth was cheaper than to eat healthy. In today’s life, we lead busy lifestyles, we are busy all day and when we get home, we do not have the energy to cook and often opt to buy junk food. Fast foods classify as a social problem.