South Africa's fight against extreme poverty needs a new strategy—model shows how social grants could work
South Africa has been struggling for decades to reduce poverty, inequality and unemployment and raise the rate of economic ...
Justice out of reach for SA’s poor, says Brian Molefe
Brian Molefe, former CEO of Transnet, discusses the challenges faced by South Africa’s underprivileged in accessing justice ...
Rassie Erasmus: ‘People say South Africa are bullies who don’t care what others think – but we do’
As they embark on their northern tour, the Springboks are on a charm offensive. Their charismatic director of rugby tells ...
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South Africa president faces up to poor poll result
"The results reflect the will of the people," says President Ramaphosa South Africa's President Cyril Ramaphosa has admitted his African National Congress (ANC) party has suffered a challenging ...
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South Africa elections: Is the gap between rich and poor widening?
"On the whole, the poor have not been the direct beneficiaries of economic growth," says Carlene van der Westhuizen, a South African economist ... Coloured (mixed-race) people in poverty increased ...
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Why Bill Gates thinks chickens can help the poor in Africa - and why he may be wrong
In it, he advocates the distribution of chickens in sub-Saharan Africa as a means of alleviating extreme poverty – improving the lot of people making ... The income gains to poor women are ...
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South Africa: Turner Adams's Tattooed Body Told More Than One Story
a 2013 South African film about a teenage boy whose promising future as a chess player is threatened when he decides to join a local gang. Notably, at Adams's funeral last week, none of the people who ...
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SA’s poor urgently need a decent universal basic income grant
The story the media carried was a concern that, last month, more than 17 million people ... the South African Social Security Agency (Sassa) subject to strict eligibility criteria to poor adults ...
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Hydropower in Africa must benefit the poor
The report, Meeting Africa’s Energy Needs – the Costs and Benefits of Hydropower, coincides with the start of the African Ministerial Conference on Hydropower and Sustainable Development in South ...
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African port growth hindered by poor road, rail networks, report says
The researchers say African governments have neglected road and railway networks, which are unevenly distributed, of poor quality and ... the free flow of goods and people. While road networks ...
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Design Week South Africa aims to "grow pride" in local design
There are complex challenges to stimulating the design scene in the most unequal country in the world, the founder of Design ...
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Despite its name, South Park is park-poor. That could change
But the people ... park-poor part of the city. The largest, at 12 acres, is Gloria Molina Grand Park, owned by the county and managed by the Music Center. The paucity of parks in South Park ...