Blackouts have cost the South African economy as much as the 2008 financial crisis did, according to some estimates.

Illegal trade has devastated populations, fuelled organised crime, and deepened poverty in coastal communities, while law ...

South Africa has made slow but steady progress in reducing poverty over the past two decades, according to the latest Poverty ...

Zimbabwe and South Africa have signed a far-reaching social development agreement that places welfare, youth empowerment and community resilience at the core of national growth strategies, marking a ...

In addition, the International Monetary Fund lifted its growth forecast for the country to 1.3% in 2025 and 1.4% in 2026 from ...

According to the report, the proportion of South Africans living below the Lower-Bound Poverty Line (LBPL), set at R1 300 per ...

Although the number of people living in extreme poverty decreased to 5.1 million between 2009 and 2023, 10.8 million, almost ...

South Africa has made steady progress in reducing poverty over the past 17 years, but the country’s children remain largely ...

Gauteng has experienced the largest increase in poverty between 2015 and 2023, according to a new report by Statistics South ...

Stats SA reports South Africa’s poverty is declining, with 37.9% of citizens affected in 2023 and children remaining the most ...

NAIROBI, KENYA | Xinhua | The inaugural African Summit, themed “Building a New United Africa,” opened Tuesday in Accra, Ghana ...

According to the latest Income and Expenditure Survey in 2022/2023 about 23.2 million people were living below the ...