The Boekbedonnerd festival has just finished in Richmond, Northern Cape. I return home to Johannesburg with a heavy heart.

According to a survey done by trade union Solidarity, white beggars in South Africa earn between R50 and R500 a day.

<b>Niren Tolsi</b> meets a community of Zimbabweans who eke out a living on Johannesburg’s mean streets.

Delhi authorities launched their first mobile courts on Tuesday, which will begin convicting beggars as part of a strategy to clean up the city.