Inequality
Current policies bring little change in SA's poverty & inequality levels - study
A study conducted by the NDA and the University of Johannesburg has found that policy documents intended to eradicate poverty were not in short supply.
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Saftu plans mass action, wants overhaul of political, economic, social systems
In a virtual address with leaders of affiliate unions on Thursday night, secretary-general Zwelinzima Vavi said that the current education system made the youth unemployable and therefore susceptible to crime and joining gangs.
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ANALYSIS: What young people have to say about race and inequality in SA
A study has found that students feel a generational responsibility to challenge racial stereotypes.
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RAMAPHOSA: Let COVID-19 crisis help SA emerge as a better, more equal country
President Cyril Ramaphosa says that while South Africa has achieved much in the 26 years since the country's first democratic elections in 1994, poverty and inequality continue to stalk our land and that the COVID-19 lockdown has forced us to confront this reality.
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Ramaphosa: Lockdown has revealed fault line of poverty, inequality in SA
In his weekly newsletter, President Cyril Ramaphosa has conceded that the lockdown has exacerbated long-standing issues around poverty, inequality and unemployment in the country.
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JUDITH FEBRUARY: This is South Africa’s moment of social solidarity
The lockdown has to have the buy in of the citizenry if we are going to be successful in flattening the curve. Compliance will take time and further effort, writes Judith February.
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CYRIL RAMAPHOSA: Empowering women fundamental for a prosperous Africa
President Cyril Ramaphosa hopes to achieve many things during South Africa's chairship of the African Union, with the economic empowerment of the continent's women a top priority.
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Global inequality: The rich-poor & women-men divide
The number of billionaires has doubled in the past decade and the world's 22 richest men now have more wealth than all the women in Africa, according to Oxfam's 'Time to Care' report.
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Unemployment, inequality still a concern as ILO African regional meeting ends
African leaders gathered in Abijan acknowledged some of the critical problems facing countries across the continent, with the mass youth unemployment rate and climate change threats chief among them.
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Black South Africans among most vulnerable in country - Inequality Trends report
Statistician-General Risenga Maluleke released the Inequality Trends report for South Africa on Thursday, which found that the country remained one of the most unequal nations in the world.
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Stats SA: SA is one of the most unequal countries in the world
Statistician-General Risenga Maluleke has released the inequality trends in South Africa.
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CYRIL RAMAPHOSA: Investment achievements need to be celebrated
While acknowledging that while South Africa still had some way to go to reach our target of R1.2 trillion over the next three years, President Cyril Ramaphosa says the investment gains made so far should be celebrated.
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Is Workers' Day worth celebrating with SA's high unemployment rate?
Over the last decade, the local economy hasn't been growing to its full potential, which has meant that the economy hasn't been creating enough jobs to stem the tide of unemployment.
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50 at 25: 'No matter what the ANC does, it will still win the election'
Mgitywa is one of the millions of South Africans who were 25 years old when the country attained freedom and transformed into a democratic state 25 years ago.
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South Africa still waiting on post-apartheid promises
The polls will be a severe test for the African National Congress which has held power virtually unchallenged in post-apartheid South Africa.
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Anger at poor public services 25 years into SA democracy
The government admits it has failed to fulfil the expectations of South Africa's 57 million citizens, and says the anger of the poor is justified.
