By SAPA –
Child poverty in South Africa has declined but more still needs to be done, according to a report released by the South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) on Wednesday.
“Poverty has declined, but that does not mean that the situation is good,” Prof Servaas van der Berg said.
He was presenting the report, “Poverty traps and social exclusion among children in South Africa”, based on a study by the SAHRC and the UN Children’s Fund South Africa.
It said according to three income and expenditure surveys, the estimated poverty rate decreased from 65% in 2000 to just below 40% in 2010.
The child poverty rate dropped from 76% in 2000 to just below 50% in 2010.
Van der Berg told Sapa no new figures were available but things had probably not changed since 2010.
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