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/ 9 September 2009
The stark social cost of Russia’s economic crisis was exposed when new statistics revealed a 30% increase in the number of people living in poverty.
South African government departments and development agencies have been visiting Brazil in droves, eager to learn from that country’s recent success.
SA is committed to fighting poverty but is constrained by recession, Human Settlements Minister Tokyo Sexwale said in remarks broadcast on Tuesday.
A wave of protests has erupted in townships across SA over public services, adding to pressure on President Jacob Zuma to fight poverty.
President Zuma’s relationship with Mswati III could cloud his judgment on rights abuses in Swaziland.
The global economic crisis will help push 100-million people into poverty this year through lost jobs and lower earnings, a UN agency said on Friday.
During the boom years Mooinooi in the North West was a thriving mining town, but now with the recession, it is dying on its feet.
Mooinooi, a one-employer town, where many workers have a single skill, is hurting badly as a result of Wall Street’s excesses.
Mooinooi resident: Everyone is suffering here. Women will start to sell their bodies and there will be an increase in pregnancy.
Andries Mlangeni lives in Majakenena, a feeder village for Mooinooi, with his wife and five-year-old son.
While the financial crisis will hurt us all, it is the world’s poorest who stand to suffer most.
Without the glam of Hollywood endorsement, Kiva has been quietly connecting ordinary concerned citizens to aspirant entrepreneurs in the Third World.
Pearlie Joubert visits a place where drugs, gangs and crime rule.
Development organisations are questioning whether the government is serious about improving the lives of its citizens.
This year’s Drivers of Change Awards reward those who transform communities for the better
An opportunity for stakeholders to get together to find common ground.
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/ 25 February 2009
Where poverty persists it is not only social development that is at risk, but the democratic process itself.
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/ 22 January 2009
A recommendation that poor children have access to pre-primary education was taken up by the minister of finance in his June 2008 budget speech.
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/ 22 January 2009
Joint Special Award — Drivers of Change Government Award: The Ministry of Finance and Economic Development in Mauritius.
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/ 17 December 2008
Nearly half the population in the DRC may not live to 40 years of age, the United Nations Development Programme said on Wednesday.
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/ 9 December 2008
Zimbabwe has fallen into chaos — and there seems no chance of salvation.
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/ 21 November 2008
HIV is thought to have a kill rate of close to 100%, higher than even the notorious haemorrhagic diseases such as Ebola.
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/ 15 November 2008
SA must use this weekend’s G20 meeting to protect increases in social spending.
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/ 12 November 2008
Cosatu has launched a new project that will focus on making sure the lives of the poor and workers are improved, it announced on Wednesday.
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/ 30 October 2008
The Sonke PhotoVoice Project allows children to talk about their wants and needs. Kristin Palitza reports.
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/ 28 October 2008
Dizzying construction boom relies on migrant labourers who are lured into a life of squalor and exploitation, writes Ghaith Abdul-Ahad.
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/ 22 October 2008
Panicked emails bounced from Blackberry to Blackberry in the world’s wealthiest countries this week.
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/ 10 October 2008
Within the context of human security, there is a case to be made for the centrality of housing, writes Clarence Tshitereke.
Not enough has been done to address trends in poverty, inequality and state legitimacy in South Africa, the Presidency said on Wednesday.
The time has come for people to stop buying monthly bus and train tickets and rather put their money in gold.
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/ 26 September 2008
The Congress of South African Trade Unions called on new President Kgalema Motlanthe on Friday to eradicate poverty and create jobs.
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/ 24 September 2008
Michael Keating reports on progress towards the Millennium Development Goals at the midpoint.