UN: Almost half of South Africans under poverty line

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Johannesburg, South Africa

Almost 21,9-million South Africans live below the national poverty line of R354 a month, the United Nations said on Wednesday.

"Absolute poverty has declined significantly, with the percentage of people living below the national poverty line falling from 51,1% in 1995 to 48,5% in 2002," said John Ohiorhenuan, resident coordinator of the UN Development Programme (UNDP) in South Africa.

"However, the number of South Africans living below the poverty line of R354 in 2002 is still almost half of the total population <21,9-million people>," he said at the release of the UN Human Development Report in Johannesburg.

He said South Africa faces the challenges of 30,5% unemployment and vast wealth inequalities.

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I wonder how many white Africans are under the poverty line? God bless Cheney.