Mandela Day: Eliminating poverty one step at a time The National Development Plan (NDP) focuses on the elimination of poverty and the reduction of inequality through uniting South Africans to unleash their energy, ensure economic growth by building capabilities and enhancing the capability of the state and leaders to work together to solve the country’s complex problems. Norman Mbazima, chairperson of Anglo American’s flagship corporate social investment programme, the Chairman’s’ Fund, is working with government to reach the goals of the NDP. As the nation celebrates Mandela Month, he explains how corporate South Africa can make a significant change by aligning with the NDP in order to help build South Africa in partnership with government. The objectives of the NDP are to reduce the number of people who live in households with a monthly income below R419 per person from 39 percent to zero as well as reduce inequality, from 0.69 to 0.6 as measured by the Gini coefficient, by...