The primary creator of poverty in South Africa is the government. http://www.politicsweb.co.za/opinion/behind-our-economic-decline.

Mark Shuttleworth has done a lot for South Africa. Bill Gates & Warren Buffet are voluntarily spending their billions on philanthropic and charitable projects.

To imagine that politicians and government bureaucrats are in any  way really interested in eradicating poverty is absurd. They also skew things in their favour.