UN report says 1.1 billion people in acute poverty
United Nations — More than one billion people are living in acute poverty across the globe, a UN Development... Read more
17 Oct, 2024
Food meant for poor families is rotting in a Gauteng food bank
Since the end of April, food parcels have been piling up at the Carroll Shaw Memorial Food Bank near... Read more
8 Oct, 2024
COSATU gears up for nationwide strike
Cape Town – The Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU) has announced its preparedness for a nationwide strike... Read more
7 Oct, 2024
Poor SA households can’t afford nutritious food – what can be done
Adrino Mazenda, University of Pretoria Food insecurity is a feature of life for millions of South Africans. Food insecurity... Read more
5 Aug, 2024
New Minister of Social Development urged to prioritise the poor
Cape Town — Newly-elected Minister of Social Development, Sisisi Tolashe, has been urged to address the key challenges facing... Read more
3 Jul, 2024
Minimum wage for SA farm workers: study shows 2013 hike helped reduce poverty even though compliance was poor
Ihsaan Bassier, London School of Economics and Political Science and Vimal Ranchhod, University of Cape Town Minimum wage policies... Read more
19 May, 2024
Thousands abandoned as Gauteng Social Development Department implodes
The Gauteng Department of Social Development is in crisis, leaving thousands of people who depend on it in the... Read more
14 May, 2024
SA is failing people who aren’t poor, but aren’t middle class either
Tinashe Mushayanyama, University of South Africa; Adrino Mazenda, University of Pretoria; Margaret Chitiga-Mabugu, University of Pretoria, and Mary Mangai,... Read more
30 Jan, 2024
SA can’t crack the inequality curse. Why, and what can be done
Imraan Valodia, University of the Witwatersrand South Africa is ranked one of the most unequal societies in the world.... Read more
15 Sep, 2023
More than 330 million children still in extreme poverty – UNICEF
Washington — The Covid-19 pandemic caused a sharp slowdown in the fight to end child poverty, with 333 million... Read more
13 Sep, 2023
