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DURBAN – Isifundazwe saKwaZulu-Natal (KZN) sibikwe njengesimpofu kakhulu eNingizimu Afrika, ngokusho kombiko omusha we-Poverty Trends okhishwe u Statistics South Africa (Stats SA) ngoLwesine.
Umbiko uveza ukuthi okungenani abantu abayizigidi ezingu-23 ezweni bayaphila ngaphansi kwezinga lobuphofu, okukhombisa ukuthi inkinga yezoqoqosho isiya ngokuya iba zimbi.
I-KZN ibekwe phezulu ohlwini, njengoba cishe ingxenye yabantu basesifundazweni behluleka ukuthola izidingo eziyisisekelo zokuphila. Izinga eliphezulu lokungasebenzi, ukungathuthuki kwamabhizinisi endawo, kanye nezinselelo zezinsiza zikahulumeni kube nomthelela ekubhebhethekeni kobuphofu kulesi sifundazwe.
Ngemuva kwe-KZN, iNorth West, i-Eastern Cape, kanye neLimpopo nazo zibekwe ngenhla kwezinga likazwelonke lobuphofu, okusho ukuthi inqwaba yemindeni kulezi zifundazwe isabhekene nobunzima obunzima bokuphila.
IStats SA ithi la maphuzu akhomba isidingo esiphuthumayo sokungenelela okuqinile kwezomnotho, ukuphathwa kahle kukahulumeni, kanye nosizo oluqondene nezindawo lapho ubuphofu sebujule kakhulu.