Learning activity 1

Depression is not yet identified as a social issue to the fact that it is more of a personal issue then and interpersonal one editor's impact nor affect society depression is subjective in a sense that it is personal is not influenced by social factors solutions for depression should be discovered by the individual who is depressed. Depression does not threaten the continuation or progress of society but it does take away loved ones who end up resorting to suicide in order to escape their feelings.

Smash-and-grab is a social pause affects the whole of society due to the Mere fact that anyone and nearly everyone can be a victim of a smash-and-grab. It is highly important for Society to be safe and for people to feel or have a sense of safety, due to the Mere fact that this sense of safety leads to the individual opting to believe in themselves and their environment. Rape is a social issue that affects the whole society that we need to be very cognizant about as it may alter how women view men, this creates a scare in women which limits them in terms of how to dress in public or have to behave in a specific manner when females are around males.

Fast foods are not a social issue mainly because consumption of food something that happens inherently, the only thing that a person needs to be aware of is how often does that specific individual consume specific foods such as fast foods as these types of food a lot of unhealthy fat.

HIV and AIDS is no longer viewed as a social issue due to the fact that there are several strategies put in place avoid any risky behaviour may lead to contraction of HIV and AIDS, so it's really more of a choice now. 

Learning activity 2

Discussion about conflict theory and symbolic interactionist approach.

Conflict Theory is about types of inequality show class and gender this particular Theory ascertain that in order to reduce social inequality, and measures should be undergone in order for people to be equal and exposed to equal opportunities. The conflict Theory posits that the richer will keep on getting rich where as the poor, will continue being poorer. The symbolic interactionist approach posits that people come up with their own roles rather than the one that has been given to them by society.

Learning activity 3

Poverty is a condition whereby an individual or community lacks adequate financial resources that are needed for a bare minimum standard of living, this is due to the fact that income from the employment is low to such a point, whereby this individual can't afford basic needs.

Benefits of poverty on an individual and community include individuals who are poverty-stricken can be able to become business man or lady. For the community it is beneficial because these individuals are individual who may ensure that their communities are clean and that kids have people who can offer them some help with school and projects as some of them have a matric certificate. More and more people get to work as domestic workers, for the people who are employed and busy can't held all the domestic work in the house. 

Learning activity 4

Experts ascertain that poverty is the bottom 20% to 40% of the spending distribution. Individual are referred to as poor when the the can't get any type of diet, or be able to part take in certain activities, these individuals have living conditions and facilities that are customary or at least be accepted according to Townsend's description in the cultures, they are members of ".Absolute poverty is viewed as not have enough or no diet, not one that is enough in terms of any socially acceptable norm, but one that is adequate to sustain life. 

Learning activity 5

Four factors that contribute to development in the South African context. Rural to urban migration this migration from rural areas to urban areas is due to fact that in urban areas there is better opportunities.

Political transformation is very influential in S. A due to the fact that the transition from apartheid to a democracy lead to the South Africa's development. 

Distribution of income in South Africa needs to be fair due to the fact that it keeps the country running smoothly, in South Africa the distribution of income is not equal which has lead to multiple issues such as contributing towards poverty possible economy collapse in South Africa. Improvement in education and health proves that it is one of the vital elements of a well functioning society or nation. South Africa is slowly ensuring that the youth get access to free tertiary education. This will contribute positively to the improvement of the nation. 

Learning activity 6

Modernization the process of improvement where buy a nation transformed itself from and underdeveloped state to more modernized Society letting go of old norms and old cultures. It is argued that third world countries come short of becoming modernized because they do not possess attributes that first world countries have.

The five stages of growth that nations need to follow in procedure modernization are the traditional society, preconditions for takeoff, take off, the drive to maturity Iastly high mass consumption. Characteristics of modernization include literacy skills, urban migration, an increase in a high standard of living food security and political and economical freedom.

The dependency Theory is a theory is that proclaims that previously colonialised are poor due to the fact that first world nations exploit the resource of the nations they colonised. 

Learning activity 7

Men have always been in the pioneers of development, this is true because during the 1970s women were either not involved or they fell between the cracks of development, this then lead to the detrimental act of them losing the opportunity of gaining from development and change their position within society, some how development perpetuated and fostered unpleasant circumstances for women. WID approach is one that held a perspective that the fact that women were not included or give the opportunity to be involved with development programmes or project is what is the problem, the WID approach posit that the inclusion of women and integreting women with such projects or programmes would solve this particular problem. WID perceived women as a group in society that either lacked the chance to be involved in development or were not given a chance to be exposed to development, this resulted in the focus of augmenting the chances of women to be able to take their role in participating development. The fact that WID ignorantly focused on the inequalities between men and women, social, cultural legal and economic elements that foster these inequalities. WID posit that women were generally outcasts when it came to mainstream development. WAD posit that women have has been involved with development processes, they play a vital role as economic actors due to the fact that they work they are involved with whether in or outside the household is of as it still contribute to maintainance of society. WAD's main focus is on the interaction between women and development procedures but not so much on strategies to integrate into development. WAD viewed both genders as not beneficials of the global economic structure due to the disadvantage of class and the manner in which wealth is distributed. It also views global inequalities as the main problem faced by poor countries. 

The GAD represents the coming together of many feminist ideas, it is a combination of lessons learnt from and the flaws and advances of the WAD and WID approaches. The GAD ensures that both genders have fair chances at participating in and benefit fairly from development. The two approaches that will be suitable for a S. A context is the GAD and WAD. 

Learning activity 8

The dominate approach when comparing all the development enterprises, participatory development is a dominate approach. The participatory development approach is one which relies on integrating and incorporating local communities to synergize with development procedures, this approach enables communities to participate in the development of their communities, this approach posits that beneficiaries to participate from the inception stage to the implementation of the development intervention. This approach enables members of community to grow their own own capacity and self- reliance,it is an effective approach as it enables stakeholders to communicate with the members of community. The participatory development approach enterprises in South Africa are realised through the use of Unesco's finding a voice for employs ICT for development initiatives example. 

Learning activity 9

It is a known fact that the world climate is not the same as the previous generations had experienced it,, some rivers have dried out some wetlands are no longer wetlands the soil is potent like it used to which also affect how farmers plant crops and the food supply. Earth is under a threat due to issues such as global warming ozone depletion, the sudden decrease of fresh water, the over-usage of natural raw resources and pollution, technological advances continue to be to contribute to earth environmental issues. These environmental impacts the life of all humans, for example, during 2017—2018, Western Cape had a water crisis which still has not been solved today, issues such as over population are also some of the contributing factors to this issue. Deforestation is one of the contributors of of lose of oxygen due to the fact that humans, cut down all the trees without having a plan of how to replace them. 

Learning activity 10

Huntington posits that the flactuations of the entire civilization ensues the past climatic zones of time. He posits that productivity and climate are intertwined. Buckle's posits that in order for society to be successful its environment is a vital factor that society need to acknowledge. Mead Cooley discovered that sociology significantly moved psychology therefore replacing physics climate. Durkheim posits that society is made up of a interpersonal organism which has to to frequently adapt to the external interpersonal and physical environment., the environment and society are intertwined such that they synergize to provide relevant information about the current environmental situations, concepts and ideas that will be effective in solving and finding theories about current issues faced by this generation, when we applying these theories, to the South African context we could state that issues that are discovered are the provision of fresh water and the provision of water as the government had agreed to.