According to Statistics South Africa, an estimated 40.0% of the population (or 25 million people) have a monthly consumption expenditure of below R9,096 (which is used as the lower-bound poverty ...

Public demonstrations have become common in South Africa as communities protest against the ruling African National Congress JOHANNESBURG (AP) — […] The post South Africa will mark 30 years of ...

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 ...

Like many things in South Africa, the school that Kunene remembers has changed, and what used to be a school hall has now been turned into several classrooms. “I somehow wish we could go back to ...

Speaking at an international conference in Durban, South African Health Minister Manto Tshabalala-Msimang has said that violence in Africa can be attributed to limited resources and the ...

The Department of Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities has expressed concerns over the ongoing “pervasive hidden crisis ...

JOHANNESBURG (AP) — As 72-year-old Nonki Kunene walks through the corridors of Thabisang Primary School in Soweto, South Africa, she recalls the joy she and many others felt 30 years ago when ...