Global poverty has increased for the first time since the launch of a major international poverty index in 2010, with an estimated 1.2 billion people now...
Stats SA’s food poverty line is R868 a month (R28.55/day). Here’s what that figure measures, how it’s calculated and why it falls short of a liveable...
A Western Cape SRD grant recipient tells The South African she has “nothing left” by month’s end, saying R370 barely covers food and transport costs.
South Africa has made limited headway in reducing child poverty, with the majority of the country’s youngest citizens continuing to face overlapping hardships that income alone...