Middle Class

A declining number of middle class people are saving for retirement in South Africa

As the economy bites, you must scrimp and save on little luxuries like DStv – but don’t touch your medical aid

Ultimately, a vote for Harris is a vote against the extremism and corruption of Trump, but it is not necessarily a vote for a more just or ethical foreign policy

As educators, we must not just check our privilege but own up to it – and wield it for good

South Africa’s black middle class has a spending power of R400-billion per year, research study finds

The financially stretched middle class is teetering on the brink as fuel and food prices gnaw at their disposable incomes

In a few years the township will ‘disappear’, and Khayelitsha will become a city, believes one local entrepreneur

As we prepare to listen to another tough budget speech, it is time to recognise the vital but neglected role played by this strata in modern South Africa

The rich have a security blanket. The poorest have extended government assistance. But for South Africa’s middle class, there is little in the way of financial support during the…

The Covid-19 lockdown means wealthy citizens must take a long-overdue look at our privilege. Now is the time for cross-class solidarity

Launched in 2017 to solve the funding challenge faced by the ‘missing middle’ students, ISFAP provides students the funding for their studies.

Cost pressures, stagnant wages and a bleeding economy are pushing many people into poverty

"An assessment of middle classes should consider their vulnerability rather than hold a romanticised view"

Success is a function of genetic luck, situational luck and hard work.

Loan sharks prop up more wealthy people who live beyond their means and ‘help out’ the poor