(K.Phajane, 2021) Peter said that poverty have to be defined in a connection of a certain society at a 
certain time , if you see the society suffer it means that the people are in need of something ,what are 
the resources that are available.
(K.Phajane, 2021) According to Townsend people in the community as individuals or in groups they can 
be said that they are in poverty if they lack resources to reach their diet so that they can take part in the 
activities that are happening within their society . Their resources are under those that are demanded by 
individuals or family that they belong in excluding from patterns , customs, and activities that they used 
to . His deprivation measures 60 particular types of deprivation .
(K.Phajane, 2021) Peter says that if a family is in relative poverty have to be not in a week’s holiday 
from home for 12 months , has not had a visitor from others for a snack in last four weeks he also say 
that has not been out for a snack to relatives in 4 weeks, children has no friends to play with and also 
that children has no birthday parties , a family has no fresh food as four days of weeks, families has no 
refrigerators ,they never had cooked breakfast in a week and lastly household do not have access to 
fresh and good water also do not have flush toilets and electric cooker.
Reference list
K. Phajane. 2021. Social problems. Study unit 1 part2 [PowePoint presentation]. Unpublished lecture 
notes on efundi. SOCY211.Vaal: NWU