How does SA fare??

The Sheffield University has a team who have produced a computer programme that alters the map of the world (or the relative size of the countries and continents) based on data available on a particular question. Their results make for very interesting reading. How does SA fare, and where are going if we don't change things fairly soon?

This is what the normal, to scale map of the earth looks like.

This is the earth in relation to the number of TB infections
This is the earth in relation to the number of HIV infections.
This is the earth in relation to the number of malaria infections.While this is scary, because it puts into perspective the problems we face in Africa and South Africa particularly, there are other things which are just as scary. For example, the lack of the development of technology.

This is the earth in relation to the amount of scientific research currently being conducted.

And this is the earth in relation to the number of patents being registered. It's a measure of both creativity and entrepreneurship.
So basically, unless we do something radical about our education system, SA is doomed.