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11/27/2004:

"More than 70% of SA living under poverty line: Skweyiya"

Zola Skweyiya, the social development minister, says more than 70% of South Africans are still living under the international poverty line of R12 a day.

Skweyiya was officially opening the SADC conference of social development ministers in Cape Town. The ministers are discussing their priorities in fighting poverty. Most countries in the SADC region are among the poorest in the world.

Full Article : sabcnews.com