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South Africa should wage a fully-fledged war against poverty – Mistra | SA News

Poverty in South Africa has reached crisis levels. Statistics reveal structural failures that demand urgent, coordinated action — not rhetoric — if dignity, democracy and social stability are to survive.

Recent statistics released by Statistics South Africa (Stats SA) indicate that poverty in South Africa has worsened to the proportions of a national emergency.

According to the National Poverty Headcounts Report, the upper-bound poverty line is now set at R2 846, the lower-bound poverty line at R1 415, and the food poverty line at R855. An examination of absolute poverty between 2006 and 2023 by…

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