Stats SA’s food poverty line is R868 per person a month, while its upper-bound line is R2,962. An illustrative look at food, ...

In this article, we will be taking a look at the 35 poorest countries in Africa based on 2023 GDP per capita. To skip our detailed analysis, you can go directly to see the 10 Poorest Countries in ...

An new report has revealed that poverty in sub-Saharan Africa has doubled over the past 20 years, while in East Asia it has fallen by half. Poverty, Inequality and Labour Markets in Africa: A ...

Africa is experiencing a troubling surge in severe lived poverty, reversing hard-won gains from the past two decades, according to a new report. The report, "Decade of Destitution? Severe Lived ...

Statistics South Africa raises the food poverty line to R868 per month, highlighting the stark gap between calorie needs and consumption for struggling households.

World Bank President Paul Wolfowitz said yesterday that reducing poverty and supporting economic development in Africa will be his top priority, along with modernizing the bank’s cumbersome ...

South Africa’s unemployment rate stands at a staggering 33.5%, one of the highest in the world. Coupled with an alarming poverty rate – where more than half of the population lives on less than R1,558 ...

Alicia Wallace is the cofounder and COO of Kazi, a social business working to create thousands of jobs by training artisans from rural parts of Africa to design products made from local, natural ...

Across the globe, nearly 800 million people live without any access to electricity – about 600 million of them in sub-Saharan Africa. In a world of deepening inequalities between the haves and ...