EDUB1623 - lecture 5

EDUB LU2
28 AUG - 01 SEP

Socio economic situation in South Africa

1. Upper-bound poverty line - people cannot afford the minimum
desired lifestyle
• R1268
• 55.5%
• 33.4 million people

2. Lower-bound poverty line - people have to choose between food
and important non-food items
• R840
• 40%
• 21.9 million people

3. Food poverty line - amount of money required to purchase the
minimum required things
• R585
• 25.2%
• 13.8 million people

In 2015, 66.8% of children lived in poverty

February 2022, the child support grant of R460 was 26% below the food
poverty line of R624 and 40% below the average cost to feed a child a
basic nutritious diet of R771.95

Inflation adjusted national poverty lines for 2022
• food poverty one R663
• Lower-bound poverty line R945
• Upper-bound poverty line R1417

A child is said to be multidimensionally poor when the live in a household
where they are deprived of at least 3/7 dimensions of poverty:
1. Health
2. Housing
3. Nutrition
4. Protection
5. Education
6. Information
7. Water and sanitation