Millions of Africans have been pushed into extreme poverty since the outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic‚ health minister Zweli Mkhize told delegates at a virtual conference on Monday. Mkhize was speaking on behalf of President Cyril…
In 1990, Pakistani economist Mahbub ul Haq and Indian Nobel laureate Amartya Sen launched the first ever Human Development Report (HDR), published by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP). The opening lines of the 1990 report,…
Ahead of President Cyril Ramaphosa’s State of the Nation Address (Sona) on Thursday evening, South Africans are eager to hear how the reversing economy can be tackled. This is according to marketing and social research consultancy Citizen…
A nauseating stench fills the air as residents from one side of the street watch the other side receive service delivery in Haven Hills, East London. Separated by just a street, the disparity is clearly evident as some live in houses made…
More than in five households (22%) in South Africa are indigent, according to Stats SA’s latest non-financial census of municipalities. South Africa adopted a policy in 2001 to give free or subsidised basic services to poorer households‚…
Two weeks ago, I wrote about how the continuous fuel hikes we’ve been experiencing since May disproportionately affect the poor and working class of society. In a country already racked by widespread inequality, such price hikes only…
While many middle class Cape Town families are taking impromptu trips to see the blankets of snow falling in areas of the province‚ others are searching for loved ones or battling the perils of inadequate housing on farms. Colette…
The food basket has shrunk‚ with households changing their grocery shopping patterns in order to accommodate tough economic times. Just when South Africans thought things could not get worse‚ they did. After the much-contested VAT…
The story of Sibongile Mani is intriguing, tragic and phenomenally educational all at the same time. Maybe it is how it exposes our complicated and often treacherous relationship with money. Yet for a developing nation like ours, the…
