The unemployed continue to outweigh the employed and those living in abject poverty ... down to rural communities and local small businesses, they are counter intuitive to South Africa’s agenda ...

Rural poverty is rife and has a big impact on students’ educational outcomes – but it often goes unnoticed by government ...

In Sub-Saharan Africa, disability data recently collected through regular household surveys in Botswana, Gabon, Lesotho, Namibia, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Swaziland ... part of publications ...

These are the main findings: National poverty has stagnated while urban poverty is alarmingly on the rise. In 2022, 75.2% of the national population was poor: 79.9% in rural and 55.5% in urban areas.