{"id":100559,"date":"2017-08-27T08:32:16","date_gmt":"2017-08-27T06:32:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/people-forced-to-eat-scraps-with-pigs\/"},"modified":"2017-08-27T08:32:16","modified_gmt":"2017-08-27T06:32:16","slug":"people-forced-to-eat-scraps-with-pigs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/people-forced-to-eat-scraps-with-pigs\/","title":{"rendered":"People forced to eat scraps with pigs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/article.wn.com\/view\/2017\/08\/27\/People_forced_to_eat_scraps_with_pigs\/\">People forced to eat scraps with pigs<\/a>: Johannesburg &#8211; Poverty has forced some residents of Nomzamo Park in Soweto to eat with pigs. They said this was how they survived. The Sunday Independent paid a visit to the area after Statistics SA released figures on the latest poverty trends last week and found a group of women and men picking stale vegetables while pigs were eating. The report shows that more than 55% of South Africans were living below the poverty line, with 47% of black Africans struggling more than other race groups. The report found that&#8230;<br \/>\n<small><strong>Source:<\/strong> <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/article.wn.com\/view\/2017\/08\/27\/People_forced_to_eat_scraps_with_pigs\/\">WN.com &#8211; Southafrica News<\/a><\/small><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/article.wn.com\/view\/2017\/08\/27\/Domestic_workers_to_meet_with_officials_on_minimum_wage\/\">Domestic workers to meet with officials on minimum wage<\/a>: More than 1 500 domestic workers were expected to attend discussions on issues related to pay and work conditions in Durban on Sunday. 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