Grade 12 Economic geography of South Africa

Topic 5 - Economic
Geography of South
Mr K Whitlock
Africa 2022

, Content
• Chapter 1: Structure of the economy
• Chapter 2: Agriculture
• Chapter 3: Mining
• Chapter 4: Secondary and tertiary sectors
• Chapter 5: Strategies for industrial
development
• Chapter 6: The informal sector

,Chapter 1: Structure of the
economy
• Unit 1: Economic sectors (Primary,
secondary, tertiary and quaternary)
• Unit 2: Economic sectors’
contribution to the South African
economy

, Unit 1: Economic sectors
(Primary, secondary, tertiary and
quaternary)
• Primary Sector
– Consists of 5 basic activities, where
countries extract and sell Raw materials as
well as natural resources
1. Farming
2. Fishing
3. Forestry
4. Mining (South Africa depends heavily on)
5. Hunting