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LOCAL ELECTION FACTSHEET: Poverty in South Africa
We unpack how poverty is defined in South Africa ahead of the November local elections.
We unpack how poverty is defined in South Africa ahead of the November local elections.
We look at the South Africa's unemployment figures, which are among the highest measured in the world
Ahead of South Africa’s local government elections, we look at access to water and delivery problems in metropolitan municipalities.
We look at what the statistics reveal about grid electricity supply in our nine provinces, and how it has changed since 1994.
A Freedom Front Plus leader in North West said the murder rate for the province nearly doubled from 2020 to 2021. Is he right?
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