The African National Congress’s role is the culmination of the class function it performed during the transition from ...

Poverty is as misunderstood as any subject can be. At one level, it could mean no food, no clothes, bad health, and recognized inadequacy of shelters, amenities, and services.

Despite two decades of efforts, poverty in South Africa remains a pressing challenge, as revealed by the latest Stats SA report.

Although the number of people living in extreme poverty decreased to 5.1 million between 2009 and 2023, 10.8 million, almost ...

Are there no prisons?” said the Spirit, turning on him for the last time with his own words. “Are there no workhouses?”’ Thus ...

Poverty is as misunderstood as any subject can be. At one level, it could mean no food, no clothes, bad health, and recognized inadequacy of shelters, amenities, and services. But at another level, it ...

Durham County Council has revealed how it plans to alter its current poverty strategy by working with local communities to ensure residents receive the appropriate support. The local authority also ...

A popular blogger says the real poverty line for a family of four is around $140,000. There has been pushback.

WE recently celebrated International Human Rights Day on Dec. 10, and we all know that every person deserves to be born and ...

This would be the cheapest, most efficient way to end extreme poverty, and it would cost about $30 billion per year. But, ...

As a result, the share of people in South Africa living below the lower-bound poverty line fell to 38% in 2023, or around 23 million people, from 58%, or 27 million people in 2006, Statistics South ...