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Seeking Answers to Ending Poverty in South Africa
Mantsadi Sepheka wraps up AllAfrica's reporting on a major conference in Cape Town aimed at finding strategies to end poverty and inequality.
Below her report, find her daily audio bulletins and the reporting of Melissa Britz and Sue Valentine.
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11 September 2012
Towards Carnegie III Roundup
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AllAfrica's Mantsadi Sepheka reports on the "Towards Carnegie III" conference in Cape Town, which aimed to explore strategies to overcome poverty and ... see more »
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South Africa: Universities, Civil Society Join Major Bid to End Poverty
allAfrica, 3 September 2012
Poverty and inequality are named routinely among the key challenges facing South Africa today. This week a conference begins in Cape Town to consider not only the experiences and… Read more »
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South Africa: Journalists Fail to Report On Poverty
allAfrica, 10 September 2012
The lack of investment in journalism is one of the key challenges hindering the ability of South African media to report on poverty and inequality. This became clear at a… Read more »
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South Africa: Joining Hands for Development
allAfrica, 8 September 2012
South Africa may have the best data in Africa on its education system and school performance, but this doesn't translate into positive action, says educationalist Jonathan Jansen. Read more »
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While small-scale agriculture has been earmarked as a sector to drive economic growth, small-scale farmers often lack the financial support and skills to run a profitable farming ... Read more »
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A conference on poverty and inequality in Cape Town witnessed a policy breakthrough when the government announced a new type of "kinship grant" to support orphaned children living ... Read more »
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7 September 2012
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Rage Builds in South Africa Over Inequality
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- Mantsadi Sepheka
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- Mantsadi Sepheka
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AllAfrica's Mantsadi Sepheka reports from the last day of "Towards Carnegie III," a conference in Cape Town which brought government, academics and ... see more »
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7 September 2012
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South African Govt Acts to Help Poor Children
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- Mantsadi Sepheka
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- Mantsadi Sepheka
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The South African Government has announced a new type of grant to help children. The news was released at a major conference in Cape Town devoted to ... see more »
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5 September 2012
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South Africans Use Constitution to Fight Poverty
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- Mantsadi Sepheka
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- Mantsadi Sepheka
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A major conference aimed at devising strategies to overcome post-apartheid poverty and inequality in South Africa has been discussing whether South ... see more »
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4 September 2012
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Corruption Robs South Africa's Poor
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- Mantsadi Sepheka
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- Mantsadi Sepheka
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AllAfrica's Mantsadi Sepheka reports on Days One and Two of "Towards Carnegie III," a national conference aimed at devising strategies to overcome ... see more »
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3 September 2012
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Mamphela Ramphele on Poverty And Inequality in South Africa
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- Mamphela Ramphele
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- Mamphela Ramphele
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Mamphela Ramphele, the founder of South Africa's Citizen's Movement, a former managing director of the World Bank, and a co-leader of the ... see more »
InFocus
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As global tuberculosis rates are declining, South Africa has seen a 400-percent increase in the incidence of tuberculosis in the last 15 years, a major conference on poverty has ... Read more »
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As the country's growth is lagging behind that of many smaller African economies, smallholder agriculture has the potential to alleviate poverty and spur general economic growth, a ... Read more »
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Civil society, business and education specialists have formed a education partnership to deal with problems in the school system, a conference has been told. Read more »
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South Africa has one more chance to overcome poverty and inequality, says academic, activist and businesswoman Mamphela Ramphele. "Three strikes and you're out, and we're on the ... Read more »
