Africa’s growth continues but so does its poverty

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In the depths: Africa continues to struggle to lift its people out of poverty FILE PIC

The World Bank expects sub-Saharan Africa’s economic growth to rise this year and beyond, but this is mainly from mining and energy, with little poverty-reducing impact. Harsh poverty continues and more than 46% of Africans will live on less than US$3 (P42) per day between now and 2028. MBONGENI MGUNI writes

“The people come to understand that wealth is not the fruit of labour but the result of organised, protected robbery.”

Frantz Fanon’s famous quote from his 1961 masterpiece, Wretched of the Earth, are likely ringing true for many across the continent.

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