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Editorial
Author: Bob Catterall
Published in: journal City, Volume 11, Issue 1 April 2007 , pages 2 - 3

Introduction

'We start where we are but we fight to bridge the gap between the rich and the poor. We fight to make those who are blind to poverty to be able to see the poverty that we see. We work to show those who are blind to the poor the strength of the poor.'

The speaker is S'bu Zikode, one of the leaders of a community organization working within the shack communities of Durban, South Africa. But can those of us that live among the blind, but have nevertheless taken the trouble to ensure that we can at least see a little, share his confidence that our people can be made to see that poverty? And if they can, will they understand it? What kinds of understanding are required?