Population growth
Sir, — In 1971 a symposium on the population explosion in South and Southern Africa was held in Pretoria. A projection of figures given at the sym-; posium indicated possible: populations of 40 million Africans by the year 2000 and more than 600 million by 2070, assuming no population planning or political chaos. What was not emphasized was that South Africa, with its limited rainfall, just cannot continue producing enough food to cope with this huge increase in the non-white population. This is especially’ true of the Bantu land where the soil has been horribly ruined by soil erosion resulting from, poor farming practices. Mai-; nutrition or even famine must inevitably result from, such uncontrolled human; growth unless industrial! development can keep pace'
in both the white and black areas of South Africa. — Yours, etc., VULCAN. I /Xpri] 8. 1975.
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Press, Volume CXV, Issue 33814, 10 April 1975, Page 12
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