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Tag: “poverty”

War on poverty, HIV ‘not coordinated’

Irrespective of government interventions to address unemployment, as well as HIV and Aids, the youth will continue facing challenges for as long as they undermined education as the solution.
Continue reading | 2 April 2013 | 0 Comments | Tags: education, poverty, the new age, youth

Sports dept on HIV and poverty

As part of the programme to fight HIV and poverty, the department of sport, arts and culture in the provinces will host events showcasing its commitment to reduce the scourge in all districts in the province.
Continue reading | 14 November 2012 | 0 Comments | Tags: healthcare, poverty, the new age

I will sell my body for food!

Nelson Mandela Bay municipality has about 30% HIV infection rate, which is higher than any other district in the province.Many people in the Eastern Cape survive on social grants. Sassa pays put R1,2 billion every month in grants.
Continue reading | 31 August 2012 | 0 Comments | Tags: daily sun, hiv prevalence, poverty, safe sex

IN THE NEWS: UN body reveals horror statistics on SA’s children

The UNICEF State of the World's Children 2012 report (SOWC) estimates that in 2008 more than 50%of South Africa's children lived below the international dollar-a-day poverty line. Two-thirds of South Africa's 19 million children live in poverty, many in homes with unemployed, single, chronically sick or elderly parents and caregivers.
Continue reading | 10 April 2012 | 0 Comments | Tags: healthcare, poverty, the new age, unesco sowc 2012

HIV sets the stage for other players

Through showing that a high HIV prevalence is a back drop against which other dramas are played out, The New Age (TNA) have given us a good example of how HIV can, and should, be mainstreamed in the news media.
Continue reading | 19 August 2011 | 0 Comments | Tags: child headed households, hiv prevalence, loan sharks, mainstreaming, news media, poverty, taung, teen pregnancy, the new age

Gogo gold: Telling tales

Today The Times have modified their regular photographic ‘Your world in 10 minutes’ section to showcase some of Eric Miller’s work featuring disadvantaged gogos, which is being exhibited at the District Six museum in Cape Town.
Continue reading | 8 August 2011 | 0 Comments | Tags: district six museum, eric miller, gapa, gogos, intergenerational bond, khutso kurhula, nevergiveups exhibition, poverty, the times