(03 June 09 - RV) South African President Jacob Zuma today put fighting poverty at
the top of his priorities during his first state-of-the nation address, pledging to
create half a million jobs before the year’s end despite the global economic downturn.
But, the editor of South Africa's Catholic Weekly The Southern Cross, Gunther Simmermacher
says dealing with poverty in the country could be an uphill struggle...