Talking poverty
Hearings on poverty will take the people's grievances to the corridors of power, writes Patrick Burnett.
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SACP takes issue with Mbeki's 'pro-capitalist' policies
The SACP has poured cold water on the government's plans to embark on a national campaign against poverty, saying the move won't benefit the poor.
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Zuma: I didn't know there were poor whites
African National Congress president Jacob Zuma on Thursday addressed a gathering of more than 1 000 poor white Pretoria residents.
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Where hunger lurks
A single mother -- desperate to get her only child some more food --offers to give him away to an aid worker. That is how bad the situation is.
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Govt data points to decline in poverty
The income of the poorest South Africans has improved in real terms over the past 14 years, according to government data released on Thursday.
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'Poor will pay for free higher education'
The ANC's Polokwane conference resolved that the government should progressively introduce free education for the poor up to undergraduate level.
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The time is ripe
A world-renowned scholar of public policy, Yehezkel Dror, recently emphasised that policy and politics "closely interact and cannot be separated".
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Malawians may pay for politics
National budget becomes a political football in party squabble, putting vital foreign aid payments at risk.
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Zuma: Media lack space for poor to raise their views
The media have no space for the poor to raise their views, African National Congress president Jacob Zuma said on Wednesday.
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The new survivalism
Rising oil prices, global food shortages and the economic crisis are proof for many survivalists that society is on the brink of meltdown.
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