Dean Saffron: Poverty Has No Colour

Since apartheid ended in 1994, there has been a steady growing number of poor, white Afrikaans living in squatter camps. For the first time in African history poverty has no colour with Black and White South Africans alike relying on government schemes, competing for unskilled jobs and begging to survive .

President Jacob Zuma was shocked and surprised when he recently visitied a white squatter camp with the reality staring at him.

The similarities of issues here, I've found in every black squatter camp." Zuma said.

"We are dealing with problems that affect our people and they are problems of life and death."

© 2009/Dean Saffron