The correct answer to this open question is the following.
Although there are no options attached we can say the following.
The effect of poverty on the South African economy is that it affects more than 50% of the South African population, produces malnutrition in poor South Africans, and worsens the unemployment problem that is critical in the country. Right now, unemployment rates are approximately 30%
South African people are so poor that they cannot afford proper medical attention and other public services.
Let's have in mind that South Africa has a big AIDS problem. More than 5 million people are infected. Exclusion and marginalization are consequences of poverty in South Africa. And the biggest economic issue in the country is that South Africa's economy is too dependent on the service industries and not enough on mining.