Poverty Nodes Profiles
The 22 poorest areas of South Africa (15 rural and 7 urban), where some 10million people live, are known as the Presidential Poverty Nodes, and are described by the Department of Provincial and Local Government as the "spatial manifestation of the second economy". They are characterised by underdevelopment, contribute little to the GDP, and incorporate the poorest of our urban and rural poor.
In 2005 the Department of Local and Provincial Government established a Programme of Action "for building productive and sustainable nodal economies", to accelerate the development of these areas defined as Presidential Poverty Nodes.
The Business Trust was asked to support the implementation of the Programme of Action by providing detailed economic data on each of the 22 Presidential Poverty Nodes. This data has now been collated, can be viewed by clicking on the links below:
