As 2018 comes to an end, extreme poverty is at the lowest level in recorded history but is expected to become increasingly concentrated in one region.

The September 2019 Household Affordability Index shows that more than half of the population are living on less than R1 230 a month. The Index also shows that a quarter of the population, approximately 13.8 million people, are living on less than R19 a day.

As COVID-19 slows in developed countries, the virus’s spread is speeding up in the developing world.

South Africa’s poverty levels have increased sharply over the past five years with an additional 3 million people now classified as living in absolute poverty.

October 16th marks World Food Day, a celebration of the founding of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation in 1945.