Inequality

Poor still losing out in African boom

Africa bogdan TagDiv - 24 Feb 2014

Inequality on the continent has grown in the past decade as tax systems have failed to redistribute wealth, says Christian Aid.

Move with the times and you’ll defeat inequality

Article bogdan TagDiv - 27 Jan 2014

Technology has exacerbated inequality. But we should prepare ourselves for an increasingly tech-driven world, an act that could eradicate the problem.

The 85 richest people in the world are still mostly men

Analysis bogdan TagDiv - 24 Jan 2014

Women need only seven seats, mostly on the bottom deck, on the £1-trillion double-decker bus revealed by Oxfam this week.

SA needs to bridge the gap – literally

Analysis bogdan TagDiv - 23 Jan 2014

Leaders may talk about inequality, but boosting infrastructure is a concrete way to change things, says Nikiwe Bikitsha.

Oxfam finds 85 elites as rich as 3.5-billion people

Article bogdan TagDiv - 21 Jan 2014

As the World Economic Forum starts in Davos, a development charity claims that growing inequality has been driven by a "power grab" by wealthy elites.

Habib: Elites, cut a deal now

Videos Staff Reporter - 3 Sep 2013

Professor Adam Habib's new book addresses inequality in South Africa and warns our economic elites to 'compromise now or risk losing everything'.

How South Africa can be a ‘great society’

Analysis Hlumelo Biko - 1 Feb 2013

Inequality can be eradicated but the policymakers need to get on board, writes Hlumelo Biko.

Resource-ism, not racism, lies behind SA’s race talk

Article bogdan TagDiv - 17 Jan 2013

Opinion: Khaya Dlanga says more South Africans can be made to feel included in the running of the country if inequality was addressed.

Ramphele: Poverty is not the problem, inequality is

Article Comment Author & Mamphela Ramphele - 7 Sep 2012

It is unusual to be given three opportunities to address one of the most crucial issues facing humanity - the uprooting of poverty and inequality.

Entrenched inequality threatens SA’s future

Article bogdan TagDiv - 24 Jul 2012

South Africa has largely failed to provide equal opportunities to all citizens since the advent of democracy in 1994.

Emerging economies need to tackle inequalities urgently

Article Staff Reporter - 25 Nov 2011

Recent social unrest in places like Tunisia highlights why countries should not disregard people's desire to share in the benefits of economic growth.

‘Little has changed in black communities’

Article Staff Reporter - 12 Aug 2011

It's usual practice when someone is killed that their personal details are not made public until the next of kin have been informed.

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