Cutting Edge | Poverty

The Eastern Cape has been thrust into the limelight recently for its alarming poverty rate. The situation is so dire that some people have resorted to death to end the torment.
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[@23Walstr]

For as long as the EC votes for the ANC it shall suffer

[@sandisoncapayi8920]

true ppl dont want a change yerrrr this is so painful n yet so many leaders r from EC NXAAAAA

[@mapopomoloi1901]

SABC should have added a link for donations. I am sure lots of people would want to donate so that that lovely couple can help more families with food parcels 🙏🏽

[@ElethuDuna]

Let's donate to this NPO please.

[@spepisiwendlovu2021]

Good bless you TJ and all who are playing a bigger part in putting a smile to these families. Ingathi uthixo engengeza lapho eliphungule khona.

[@homonaledi640]

The arrogance of government officials in SA, across all spheres of government

[@ayandadlamini9266]

The sad part is we don't listen and think. ANC has no love for poor people but only the rich whom they give tenders to. Vote them out and we see how others will fix the nation.

[@wandilemthiyane9932]

But yet we still vote for them 😕😕😕

[@mvuyisixomfu9055]

Viva Oscar Mabuyane he was once said Eastern cape is better in his speech. I don't know why Eastern Cape people keep on Voting for ANC while we are in deep poverty with no support like this.

[@lyma3880]

They can't vote for DA because they say it's white peoples party but they are been helped by white people

[@NtobekoMahlutshana]

This is a totally embarrassing that our own leaders treat us this way, the leaders don't see anything wrong in this. Our people should play their part as well, you cannot be poor and continue to bring more life, maybe 1 child is enough until the situation improves, having multiple kids just makes things worse. The ANC including the previous leaders, all of them are to blame, no accountability what so ever. Ramaphosa was given a broken down state but he also hasn't turned things around, uyakhuluma kodwa lutho, Gwede, Fikile, Zizi etc how do they allow the EC to be in this order?

[@kabeloelias7102]

Fathers should start taking responsibility. A child is made by male and female, so we cannot always put blame on the government.

[@LeboDlamini-g5p]

The females should also stop pro creating especially when they find themselves in deep poverty

[@peekzsdee3058]

True

[@lizwimasango6991]

Yoh nabantu besifazane abake banciphise ukuzala bakwethu

[@wentzelwilliams5568]

I think you've missed the point here. Even those who fathered the kids, are living in these appalling circumstances. Must people stop existing? Let's stop commenting from our ignorance, people have a right to living even if they are poor. Let's caution to allow our privileges to sound elitist and prescribing.

[@kabeloelias7102]

@@wentzelwilliams5568 , so let's stop blaming government for everything, including for our ignorance.

[@andiledlamini6135]

This is painful fellow black people are suffering... I always tell my friends we mustn't post food on social media since some people can't afford basic food....😢😢😢😢kubuhlungu madoda ...poor leadership

[@siphiwomanyifolo520]

People do not have the money to even buy soap, let alone transport umakhulu wabo to the nearest hospital. Uthi usisi, they were never alerted and they know the process for queries. No emphathy, no willingness. Just a normal employee detached from realities and abiding by a spokesperson script. I'm tired shame. People have to fly from Germany. SA is not a poor country. But why do our people govern so bad.😢

[@OlwethuKubheka]

There had to be forgieners to help solve the neglactant government s duties😢

[@thembimaseko9600]

Siyabonga Cutting edge ukuveza amahlazo alezinkokheli zethu. Sihleli phandle iphi i R D P. yonke leminyaka 30years.

[@beverleyphillips2579]

Would it not benefit them to receive donations of seed to plant veggies, maybe chicks to raise as meat source. That way the food supply is ongoing. This is so sad to watch.

[@MphuthumiMlamla]

Well done Tj

[@phineasbhenco3438]

This Local munipality lady is annoying, how come as the woman, a mother of so much children if she has some still doesn't understand the pain of other women out there, This town is not far from me and is so painful. She's busy enjoying life and leverages that she got through those who are suffering today, because without those people that makes up the community up to town, she wouldn't be in the position she's holding now. They got all means to sort out this issue, people don't want housing waiting list they want proper houses not even temporal houses. Stupid municipality leader👺. Thank you Germany group with your donation, may God bless you.🙏🙏🙏

[@qhamanoveve9076]

So you need to be notified?is it not ur job to know what’s happening in the villages.This municipal lady is making so much excuses and blaming the people themselves for their plight. What have they done to provide relief?Nothing. There’s nobody who would choose to suffer like these ppl are suffering. She’s disgusting

[@wandilemthiyane9932]

ANC must be happy that why we need to vote lezizinja out 😢

[@NomD05MZ]

Mandela's province is worse 😢, it's possible that the comrades who won the tender to build RDP houses took all the money .

[@nthabisengnkoana6764]

What's the significance of her salary in all these. Did she have to say her salary is not enough😢

[@Pamela-ek9cp]

ANC voters suffer most

[@billittoG]

I have no words!

[@nckh7]

Goverment failed this province big time

[@Phumza-mv2sf]

This is so painful 😢😢

[@manqobadlamini5397]

bayahlupheka but bazala kakhulu nakho loko kudala inhlupheka ibe worse

[@avelanobengela]

I’m glad you said it,imagine a family of 16 family members

[@lizwimasango6991]

Yoh😢 people can be so selfish, how can you give birth living in such a situation 😢💔

[@buhlechaka7669]

Into eshluphekisa kakhulu ukuzala, siyazala MA africa😢.obaba bezingane bayabaleka into eyaziwayo. Ngeke sizame ukunciphisa kodwa😭😭😭😭sihluphekisa izingane

[@cindymatushesindiswa4524]

Abasokolayo ngabona bazala kakhulu andiyazi kutheni

[@buhlechaka7669]

@@cindymatushesindiswa4524 Lapho izingane ezihluphekayo, abobaba bayabaleka even kuryt,andyaz nam lento.

[@cindymatushesindiswa4524]

Some of the man are very weak for uthatha amaresponsibility but abantwana bayakhula at the end of day

[@lizwimasango6991]

Yoh please say that again 😪

[@xolanimnguni5090]

Kabuhlungu bafethu😢ANC awunanembeza

[@mpumelelonkosi9339]

Hayi khona, this is very painful 😭😭

[@sisterashericharmaine1602]

Niyabona ukthi nisizwa abelungu laba eningabafuni

[@MfabaLindo]

Yaz nje

[@melikhayamali]

Eish utsho uphinda,

[@sisonkesonica3052]

Eastern cape=zimbabwe where your votes never make any difference

[@mabuyiprecious9191]

Jehova izwa inhlungu yabantwana bakho,bakhulule kulolu sizi Nkosi

[@nkululekobhengu9640]

Prime minister talking lies in public

[@ThembiMthembu-c5j]

Very painful and sad😢

[@samphasha8970]

The government😡 of ANC

[@wentzelwilliams5568]

Trash indeed!

[@MatsepeMohlala]

How dare does the lady concede that she works there yet she doesn't know about the condition of the granny? It is sad that most gov officials love their titles but not their roles and responsibilities.

[@lindamali847]

This is very painful.. Yhooo

[@lesetlelaalexmmadi9045]

How on earth that a province be so different from other provinces by far like this? For 30 years what was the provincial government doing? What are municipalities doing? Did OR Tambo and Mandela fought for this? Shame on you ANC for letting this citizens like this.

[@eunicesifo2820]

Oh lord Jesus Christ... peoples they live under this painful poverty our government is so wicked

[@samuelnkuna9357]

First thing I noticed after landing in Mthatha airport is poverty.....the villages there. Water is a luxury. Shocking that there is so much water around there...

[@LeboDlamini-g5p]

So sad to watch such stories and yet they have plenty of unused land that the government can utilize for farming in the community they can do farming and agriculture and sell their harvest . Thanks to TJ and his team for reaching out I ask myself where are the rich black people why are they not helping ???? Yoh

[@sandiso_nqweshi]

Very painful story 😭😭

[@VuyokaziKuse-oi9nd]

Very painful

[@cindymatushesindiswa4524]

Zekhe niyeke ukuvotela iANC nale EFF ziniqhathayo yabona nincedwa ngabantu abamhlophe

[@sivuyilemahamba7765]

So uthi masivotle i DA?

[@cindymatushesindiswa4524]

@@sivuyilemahamba7765 mna ndingabavotela xa bendinceda personal my dear bcz naba bavotela eminye imibutho they are getting a piece from the pie

[@thembisibanyoni4435]

​@@sivuyilemahamba7765nanoma yini beside iANC

[@simphiwekambule8946]

No black person should suffer like this at home imagine 😢

[@michellemoreana1938]

They must stop voting for ANC. The lady who is saying that they give food when alerted doesn't look like she has ever missed a meal

[@nc2604]

Please Eastern Cape...VOTE ANC OUT ON THE 29TH MAY 2024. THEY TAKE YOU ALL FOR GRANTED. Sorry that this is happening, please enlighten people to stop voting for ANC

[@ChooseU4ever]

Arent condoms and concentraptives free?

[@peekzsdee3058]

Wuuuuu same question am asking myself,now we have to feel sorry for irresponsibility 😓

[@alliemako6358]

That the question I'm asking why having so many children when life is so hard no man ( irresponsible period , I fell sorry for elderly people )

[@muanokhakhu5917]

My ask exactly

[@wentzelwilliams5568]

Isn't common sense also? Stop watching to respond, the purpose waa to understand these fellow, yes, they're people like us, and they're plight, not judge their intimate lives. You should be ashamed of yourself. 🚮

[@lesetlelaalexmmadi9045]

Giving birth is not a problem. The problem is not social it is economic it is financial . It is government that is not caring. The other problem is families that educates males because of patriachal system, and when men found job in other provinces they forgot their families and even to remember that they have children back home. They get drunk by glamour in cities and not plough back home. They forget their children at home and feed other children elsewhere. Down with men who neglects their children. But government was creating jobs this nonsense wouldn't happen.

[@godsfavourite6134]

Nizohamba nilambile ninjalo niyovotela ANC anive ningicika 🚮

[@Ellenbaba]

This us sad

[@aa-mt4ni]

this guys EC must stop voting ANC please

[@abeympfulili3671]

Sad😢

[@MphuthumiMlamla]

Well done guys❤🎉

[@OlwethuKubheka]

& they still voted for those crooks😢

[@melikhayamali]

Iapho ngxaki

[@siphorayi764]

Hello, how can I get ahold of this NGO if I want to help

[@lebogangwalter1120]

The ANC forgot about its own ... this is sad very sad when we see them living nice with new fashion ANC shirts ... no water no toilet , no food this is a human right ... stop voting for the ANC my people they forgot they live for themselves

[@phumzilemtshali4488]

Indelelo kulomama inkulu. Kodwa uNkulunkulu uyabona

[@kuhlesomdaka8455]

Yhooo and she’s well fed look at her face

[@_phumlani]

But they keep voting for the ANC, why?

[@RalphMotsisi]

This is so sad

[@ntsakobless3340]

The very same ANC that has been in power for more than 30 years yet still more Black people are unemployed..The President has millions in his pockets but does nothing from his own pocket to help his beloved country.. God Bless S.A youth to strive for Change and be in charge a 58 year old veteran cannot lead we need fresh Youngbloods..

[@LeboDlamini-g5p]

🤣🤣and the millions got stolen

[@faithmaqungo308]

Uthetha nge waiting list😢 usebenza in that municipality but clueless ... Usile loSisi yerrr

[@WelileSimthembile]

We have lost interests to cutting edge because it doest do like before. If cutting end can look back. It used to come with strong story that even help people

[@lyma3880]

Yoooo can you hear that woman

[@avelanobengela]

Black people need to stop ukuzala.uzala kanjani uyibona imeko yekhaya

[@lizwimasango6991]

💯💯

[@2000ustham]

So to see this situation, hope gogo finds a good place, Lindiwe gets a jobs if someone can help, grants keep our people improverished

[@lyma3880]

Your face is glowing unlike of Gogo's daughter..so there is huge difference between the two of you.... you live a rich life and they live poor life

[@---yn3bv]

If I was a member of parliament from EC, I would be embarrassed by documentaries like these, and I would be ashamed of myself. Some us went to school with children of these useless politicians. They live like kings and queens.

[@faithmaqungo308]

😭😭😭😭😭Yhini Bawo....kanti kwathini e EC

[@siyavuyamakubalo7]

Viva ANC viva!as long as you vote for ANC it’s fun

[@lyma3880]

Now they bring temporary structure because it was citting edge

[@Princess_Lehlohonolo]

That government municipality woman ileats 3 times a day with lots of fast food. How dare u 😤

[@zeldaminne2548]

Why get more children if it is already going like this ?

[@homonaledi640]

Does she have easy access to contraceptives or are you suggesting that she abstains from love and intimacy?

[@peekzsdee3058]

True yhoo Haa aaaa

[@homonaledi640]

Do they have easy access to contraceptives or are you suggesting that they stay away from love and intimacy? Would that be a reasonable expectation?

[@sivuyilemahamba7765]

Coping mechanism to depression

[@lizwimasango6991]

​@@homonaledi640 Must they bring innocent souls to suffer like this?😪... would you bring someone to live in such a situation because you want love and intimacy?

[@seeNOevil.0]

This is so heartbreaking💔hope may the EFF win the election... Were is DA and ANC in all this😡

[@lyma3880]

What do you want DA to do ....and where are you EFF

[@phumzilepatiencenene3025]

ziningi lezingane 🙄🤔

[@faithmaqungo308]

Arrogancy kule ntombazana😡

[@zinzimfundisi9199]

The other thing I don't understand, is where they get energy to make babies bebona intlupheko. She says NSFAS rejected, not telling the truth that she failed. People for get apho basuka khona umntu afumene ithuba lemfundo yena ayomitha. 16kids baphi omama notata babo? Uyofika begcwele kwi cities benxila imali. Akho tras kanti ebeyendza ntoni grant kamama ne yabantwana bakhe? Thanks to TJ for helping, I just wish singacinga intlupheko yethu, siyovala or sitofe clinics zikhona asiyeke ukuzala sibona situation yamakhaya ethu

[@ofentsematsheka5299]

The government must have community workers in deep rural areas. There is no excuse for not reaching out to these deep areas which are only reached during election time. Sies eastern cape premier 🎉

[@1986aurora]

This is where tax payers money is meant to go ! This is hard to watch but needs to be seen. This from a goverment who says load shedding isnt end of the world. Ppl who dont vote for anc want apartheid back. This from a country that has had many many situations of political individuals taking millions while millions live this way. Its hard to watch . Man its messed up

[@sipheleledladla4579]

They still vote ANC, ibona inkinga

[@tantaswajozana8360]

Yet they still vote for the same government that is not only the cause but sustain these social ills. Honestly, it's hard to feel sorry for these people.

[@nomthandazotshabalala219]

💔

[@thembimaseko9600]

Kungekudala kuyo le province umama nabantwana bafa indlala.

[@phumelelakhawula2796]

😢😢😢😢😢😢😢

[@GUDANIMasibigiri]

I don't understand why they still vote for ANC

[@MkhaliphiMkabayi]

Ooh madoda 😢

[@NoluJezile]

Politicians should partners with business community bohlukane nale white monopoly capital balokho belilisela ngayo ube ne black monopoly capital ingekho business inezisombululo zonke Politicians mazohlukane nokuzenza bhetele bazithobe kwi business

[@helenduplessis4166]

Vote smartly this May!

[@tumelomosikare6627]

I know this may seem insensitive please read it as intended Look at how lush green the area is, how can this place be considered poor?

[@maphokamaphoka2026]

Kwaze kwabuhlungu nalo gel we local municipality akana ndaba kubuhlungu bantu bakuthi bacindezelekile zinkokheli esinazo 😭💔EFF ngaske izise impilo ebantwini 😭yhiooo

[@elphuselvisnyangombe383]

Government must try to reach remote areas

[@e3sm7255]

Eish😥

[@nomandlambangiso6420]

Impilo yasezilalini inzima kwaye iya ibanzima kunoba ibengcono😢😢💔💔💔i know this village,its the same as mine,we just visiting because of our loved ones

[@thembisibanyoni4435]

Why they keep on voting for ANC?

[@nomandlambangiso6420]

I don't wanna lie because, there's no change

[@PatriciaMalinga-z3q]

Kodwa nalokzala kwabo kangaka kuyinkinga inzima kangaka impilo noma ngabe isimo sithini hayi kodwa thina bantu siletha inkinga phezu kwenye

[@lizwimasango6991]

Ay Shem Yaz 😪😭 mina bayangixaka ngempela

[@thando683]

I wonder kwenzakalani emqondweni ka Ramaphosa mebona abantu behlupheka kanje 🥹🥹🥹

[@sivuyilekula8438]

Government is capable of building RDP houses in urban areas, where people are working and able to accommodate themselves. How about these rural dwellers? unemployed. Our government priorities maar.

[@sisterashericharmaine1602]

Niyahlupheka kodwa nokuzala anikuyeki😢

[@nomvulaveronicangema566]

Wena uyazibona Uma overspend imali osuke unayo hoxisa ngubani vele okumele angazali ,ungankekelwa ngubani Uma ungazalanga inhlupheko awuzibizeli, option abanayo ukuzala ukuze bathole imali yegrant mf2, akekho osuke azi ukuthi iksasa limphatheleni

[@sisterashericharmaine1602]

@@nomvulaveronicangema566 ayikho leyonto..kufanele uzale ukuze uthole imali ye grant..ukungabi namqondo lokho..ingane yondliwa ngamalini? yona yimalinileyo grant.. angabe mayafunda bazithuthukise bona ayi ngokuzala..umuntu omnyama unomqondo omncane kabi..ungathi uhlupheka wandise usizi...

[@X-ManGuy]

Where does the R10 billion go to each and every year, some of it is sent to the national government instead of creating job opportunities

[@NomfaneloPuye]

Tjoo💔😭

[@ThembiMthembu-c5j]

How this peaple we call our government sleep at night if they do watch peaple going to bed or dying of hunger😢😢

[@mzwandilemqamu870]

Anc results of ruling but them had big stomachs.. VOTE MK

[@cindymatushesindiswa4524]

Mabayeke uzala kodwa bayasokola

[@sivuyilemahamba7765]

its coping mechanism to depression

[@dorcasmwale6328]

bakhuluphala ngemali ezifanele zisize amahluphekile,bandla imali zamahala

[@simphiwekambule8946]

Donations???