Original sentence: Some reports indicate a growing number of whites in poverty compared to the pre-apartheid years and attribute this to such laws – over 350,000 Afrikaners may be classified as poor, with a 2006 article in The Guardian referencing research claiming that up to 150,000 were struggling for survival
Edited sentence: Some reports indicate a growing number of whites suffering from poverty compared to the pre-apartheid years and attribute this to such laws – over 350,000 Afrikaners may be classified as poor, with some research claiming that up to 150,000 are struggling for survival