close by, and business robbery-related deaths. Says one community member and author named Christopher Lee. 'I have family in Wentworth and have been living in other towns for well over twenty-eight years, visiting all the while. After moving back home I realize that, despite the negativity thrust upon the area, Wentworth is generally a healthy place to live in. I see children walking around safely, even at night. I am yet to be approached by any drug dealer, and, besides the occasional blow-up by bored teenage boys, I have never witnessed any Gang violence in the past decade. It's like there are two sides to the place; the negative viewpoint is seen through the eyes of jaded locals or outsiders, and the actual side that I have seen for the past years, and still see now. True the place has "bad areas." (most towns do). Yet even there; people, strangers, are generally safe.' Economy and Environment Currently, there are approximately 350 businesses in the Wentworth area, the major ones being the SAPREF and Engen oil refineries, and the Mondi and Sappi paper mills. Other industries that make up the Wentworth area include landfills, and water treatment sites. In Wentworth area specifically, factories can be found on the northern, eastern, and western sides. Environmental justice and apartheid are closely related because of the Group Areas Act. Blacks (African), Coloureds and Indians were placed in environmentally and aesthetically less pleasing areas, which ultimately led to those communities being exposed to more environmental hazards. In short, the Group Areas Act forced Coloured, Indian, and African peoples to move close to these centers of heavy industry, therefore resulting in "a historically tense relationship between residents, big businesses, and environmentalists" (www.durban.gov.za, "South Durban Basin") that still continues to this day. Organizations like the South Durban Community Environmental Alliance (SDCEA) for example, fight to change policies surrounding both environmental and social issues, as in the Wentworth area in particular those issues are so connected. Despite the fact that Wentworth is a relatively industrialized area, the current unemployment rate still falls somewhere around 40 percent. Education In South Africa, the curriculum for all public primary and secondary schools is standardized. For primary and secondary schools, the curriculum includes, mathematics, natural science, social science, as well as English, Zulu, and Afrikaans language courses. Primary school encompasses grades R (the equivalent of kindergarten) to grade 7, and secondary school