The grant budget is to be cut by R20 billion but it is unclear how the numbers will add up

It is important to note that the phenomena of translocality and circular migration in Africa have often served as a strategy of resilience in tough times

Millions of our fellow citizens are literally robbed of the opportunity to live meaningful lives

Here are the stories of the many who have to survive on very little.

Opportunities for investment, growth and poverty reduction hinge on Infrastructure development, education and skills development and agriculture.

A $4-billion fund to create 25-million jobs is one initiative to uplift Africa’s people, the young in particular.

It’s imperative we get a financing for development framework in place to rid the world of destabilising and dehumanising poverty, says Oxfam.

South Africa’s poverty rate fell 11 percentage points (from 57% to 46%) between 2009 and 2011, Statistics South Africa has said.

Social media and access to information and communication technology is a pathway out of poverty, according to new research.

An African Development Bank report has shown due to 20 years of solid economic growth, Africa’s middle class has tripled and poverty is on the wane.