Bill Gates visits South Africa’s impoverished township

Bill Gates, the world's richest man, has visited one of SA's most desperately impoverished townships.

Together with his wife Melinda, Mr Gates braved the rain on Friday to visit Inkanini Primary School in the Zwelitsha informal settlement in Khayelitsha, Cape Town, and a creche in the Site B Informal Settlement.

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Mr Gates has made significant investments in South Africa through the Gates Foundation, which identified South Africa as one of ten countries where it believes it can have the greatest impact. [Photo: AFP]