Examines four different ways in which poverty can be measured in South Africa, and presents the findings from each method, mainly using existing Statistics SA d

"Unlike some other countries, there is no legislated poverty line for South Africa. Various absolute poverty lines exist, but there has been little analysis of

Perceptions of Africa have changed dramatically. Viewed as a continent of wars, famines and entrenched poverty in the late 1990s, there is now a focus on “Afr