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Issues such as xenophobia, corruption, gender-based violence, and substance abuse are rooted in economic misery, Cosatu general secretary Zwelinzima Vavi says.
SA will have to drastically increase oversight of projected infrastructure plans to avoid deals which exacerbate poverty and contaminate the environment.
Official figures show the average person in Zimbabwe lives on US$1.16 per day, less than the World Bank benchmark for extreme poverty of under $1.25 per day.
The IMF and World Bank have backed a bold goal to eradicate extreme poverty within a generation and raise the shared prosperity of their 188 member countries.
Mozambique is set to be Africa's fastest growing economy this year, but the UN has urged the government to do more with the country's natural resource boom.
The World Bank has called for a global drive to wipe out extreme poverty by 2030, adding that reaching the goal will require extraordinary efforts.
With cuts to social spending and laws that target the homeless, austerity measures in Hungary are hitting people already living in poverty the hardest.
White beggars make on average about R172 per day when begging on the streets of South Africa, a survey has found.
Cameroon's economy grew by about 5% last year, but under-investment in social safety nets contributed to worsening poverty, the World Bank says.
A survey has revealed that four out of 10 households in Cape Town's poor areas go without food at least once a week.
The inequality between black and white households is "bad for reconciliation", President Jacob Zuma has told the closing ceremony of the ANC's centenary celebrations.
The ANC has adopted one of its key policy documents on strategy and tactics at its national conference in Mangaung.
Census 2011 results show the black majority remains worst affected by poverty, unemployment, and inequality, says President Jacob Zuma.
The R4 trillion infrastructure development plan will address unemployment, poverty and the skills shortage, Public Enterprises Minister Malusi Gigaba says.
The huge income-distribution gap will always hang over South Africans' heads and various steps are required to tackle poverty and inequality, Trevor Manuel says.
