EDITORIAL: Caring budget needed as grants dry up
Two surveys reveal shocking statistics on hunger, poverty and joblessness
02 October 2020 - 05:05
Data released this week has brought home a crushing realisation: for many of its citizens, SA is a harsh and desperate place to live.
In July and August 16% of households went to bed hungry; and 42% of the working-age population are now jobless. Employment levels are what they were in 2009, with a decade worth of job growth destroyed in the past six months. Between 2.4-million and 3-million people have lost their jobs...
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