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.
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.
A study has found that students feel a generational responsibility to challenge racial stereotypes.
South Africa's management of the COVID-19 pandemic must now shift from a centrally regulated approach to one that enables participation and compliance by communities, workers and businesses.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Statistician-General Risenga Maluleke has released the inequality trends in South Africa.
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.
It’s good to be a CEO in South Africa – whether you screw up or not, says a disgusted Anthony Clark (Small Talk Daily).
Mike Brewer says it’s increasingly clear that high levels of inequality damage our health and well-being, harm social cohesion and levels of trust, and act as a brake on economic performance.
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.
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.
The polls will be a severe test for the African National Congress which has held power virtually unchallenged in post-apartheid South Africa.
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.