Poverty

Statistician General Dr Pali Lehohla has released the South African Poverty statistics which painted a bleak picture. Poverty amongst the black majority remains high. More South Africans are slumping back into poverty as previous gains have been being reversed since 2011. The “Anaemic” economic growth, stubbornly high unemployment rate and educational failures are according to Statistics South Africa’s “Poverty trends in South Africa major contributors to this. For policy-makers and government this diagnostic report raises deeply worrying questions about the continued pursuit of policies that fail to bring about change.To help us unpack and discuss this further we are joined on the line by:1. Thembinkosi Dlamini Taxation, Public Finance and Economic Specialist Oxfam 2. Prof Theo van der Merwe Economics Department of Economics UNISA3. Dr Pali Lehohla Statistician General Statistics South Africa