A new World Bank report shows that poverty in Africa may be lower than current estimates suggest and no systematic increase in inequality, given the available data Challenges remain substantial: more ...

The World Bank Group has set a clear mission: ending poverty and boosting shared prosperity on a livable planet. This report offers the first post-pandemic assessment of global progress toward these ...

Clarence Tjipundi (32) and his neighbours stand at the entrance of the Walvis Bay dumpsite, waiting for the next truck to ...

The global goal of eradicating extreme poverty, defined as living on $2.15 per person per day, by 2030 remains a formidable ...

Amidst Human Rights Month, South Africa faces a looming crisis as systemic corruption threatens the livelihoods of ...

Education reforms in Africa must also prioritise training and equipping school teachers and other educators with modern teaching ...

On Monday, deputy president Paul Mashatile, will deliver the keynote address at the national World TB Day commemorative event ...

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Keeping South Africa’s inflation target at the current range will be costly for the government, according to central bank chief Lesetja Kganyago, who has long been an advocate of lowering the ...

There is a mixed record of South Africa’s human rights interventions in response to gender inequality, access to education, access to justice or to enforce the freedom of association, however ...