South Africa is sitting 'on a powder keg' of poverty, bishop saysPosted Sep 12, 2017 |
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[Anglican Communion News Service] Bishop of Johannesburg Steve Moreo has warned that the high levels of poverty in South Africa pose a great danger to the country.
“This country is sitting on a powder keg of hopelessness,” he said, citing the figures recently released by Stats SA that showed that the number of poverty stricken people in South Africa had increased by 53.2 percent between 2011 and 2015.
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