Tag: Poverty

Cooked: the precarious life of informal traders in a heating world

Cooked: the precarious life of informal traders in a he...

Jun 18, 2026

Hawkers are the life force of a city’s informal economy. Those trading in Durban...

Drought and floods drove them from their homes. But hunger and poverty have followed them to a Mogadishu camp

Drought and floods drove them from their homes. But hun...

Jun 7, 2026

More than 6.5 million Somalis have been pushed to the brink of severe hunger as ...

Ramaphosa to act on ‘illegal immigration’ as anti-foreigner protests spread across SA

Ramaphosa to act on ‘illegal immigration’ as anti-forei...

Jun 3, 2026

Protests targeting foreigners are increasing. President Cyril Ramaphosa says the...

Elderly kolbar risks health in crossing Iran’s border

Elderly kolbar risks health in crossing Iran’s border

Dec 22, 2025

One in four skip meals as billionaires thrive: G20 warned of ‘inequality crisis’

One in four skip meals as billionaires thrive: G20 warn...

Nov 4, 2025

‘Scamming became the new farming’: inside India’s cybercrime villages

‘Scamming became the new farming’: inside India’s cyber...

Oct 31, 2025

How did an obscure district in a neglected state become India’s byword for digit...

Bereaved families of dead pensioners could be taxed for winter fuel payments

Bereaved families of dead pensioners could be taxed for...

Jun 5, 2025

Insiders describe chaotic process of trying to reinstate winter fuel payments an...