Black empowerment companies have done very little to improve the lot of women in the work place. There are other challenges for the Mbeki-led administration, including, among other things, the problem of rural poverty. In the small towns and hinterland of the Western Cape, and in other parts of the country, little seems to have changed, especially for farmworkers. South African wines in supermarkets in Britain and the United States are competitively priced. There is great frustration about housing and unemployment.
White farmers carry on as if nothing has changed.
They do not really implement the labor laws. There are still some who think they can hit and intimidate people. The ANC has received this overwhelming vote. Now the people expect them to fulfill their promises. They do not want to wait another four years for jobs, decent housing, piped water, and electricity.