Abandoned by the government and industry, Qwa-Qwa is a prime example of entrenched poverty.
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/ 31 January 2011
The poverty line for maintaining a family of five in Zimbabwe rose last year to $467 per month — but without increased earnings to cover the 8% rise.
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/ 29 November 2010
Albie Sachs goes Barefoot Against Poverty in a campaign that aims to create greater awareness of poverty and division in South Africa.
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/ 15 October 2010
Boa is 19, the sixth of 11 children. With all of his family, he lives in a small thatched two-room house on the outskirts of Siem Reap.
Tens of thousands of animals across Niger have died in the last few months; literally starving to death.
History continues to judge Africans harshly. A fundamental reality is that Africa is behind other continents in many respects.
Political entitlement has a sell-by date — a harsh truth discovered by a group of Swapo "struggle children".
The poor are suffering the consequences of the costly land policy that the ANC government opted for.
The war in Mozambique may have ended 18 years ago, but its legacy lives on in the classrooms of rural schools in Zambezia province.
The UN has warned that failure to meet global poverty-reduction goals by a 2015 deadline will spawn increased instability and violence.
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/ 17 February 2010
Kosovo authorities estimate that today 300 000 to 550 000 Kosovars live in Germany and another 200 000 in Switzerland.
Twenty years after Nelson Mandela was freed from prison, South Africa is a vibrant democracy, but millions still live in poverty.
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/ 15 October 2009
Tshepo Mokwena had a glittering education, sponsored by the Botswana government’s diamond wealth, but a year after graduating she still has no job.
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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.