By Newsbreak Producer Tashlan Naidoo - More than 600-million people in Sub-Saharan Africa are experiencing multidimensional poverty, as the number of people living in acute poverty worldwide rises to 1.2 billion for the first time since 2010. This is according to the latest Global Multidimensional Poverty Index, published by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the University of Oxford, which found that 51.5 million more people are now living in poverty. Multidimensional poverty goes beyond income, measuring overlapping deprivations in basic needs such as healthcare, education, clean water, electricity and adequate living conditions. Senior Researcher at the Institute for Economic Justice, Dr Mzwanele Ntshwanti, says the findings are stark and point to a regression in governments' efforts to provide social protection and employment for their citizens...