Beggars
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Richmond’s poor fest beggars belief
The Boekbedonnerd festival has just finished in Richmond, Northern Cape. I return home to Johannesburg with a heavy heart.
Survey shows white beggars earn between R50 and R500 a day
According to a survey done by trade union Solidarity, white beggars in South Africa earn between R50 and R500 a day.
Blind beggars search for a better life in Jo’burg’s darkest corners
<b>Niren Tolsi</b> meets a community of Zimbabweans who eke out a living on Johannesburg’s mean streets.
‘Beggar courts’ debut on Delhi streets
Delhi authorities launched their first mobile courts on Tuesday, which will begin convicting beggars as part of a strategy to clean up the city.