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Mbeki comes face to face with acute poverty

SABCnews.com "On the last of his two-day Imbizo to the North West, President Thabo Mbeki faced acute poverty with families barely making ends meet. The President was accompanied by several Cabinet Ministers and senior government officials.

Mbeki heard dozens of complaints relating to poor service delivery from residents in Mogwase. Residents have appealed to the President to address problems ranging from lack of housing, poverty grants to acquiring identity documents. It was Mbeki's last North-West imbizo as head of State."

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