Wage Gap

CEOs earn R24.9m at SA’s 10 biggest companies

Article Agency - 12 Jul 2018

The report finds that only 2.2% of the CEOs at JSE-listed companies are women

BBC China editor quits in equal pay protest

Article Staff Reporter - 8 Jan 2018

Carrie Gracie said she resigned last week over a "crisis of trust" which has engulfed the BBC.

South Africa has a new trade union federation. Can it break the mould?

Analysis bogdan TagDiv - 26 Apr 2017

Historically, trade unions in the country have played a significant role in shaping the political landscape.

W20 to mind the (gender) gap

Article Staff Reporter - 17 Sep 2015

It's a no-brainer that more women need to work, prompting the launch of a new G20-linked group.

Banked, but women still losing out financially

Article Nomsa Daniels - 13 Aug 2015

South African women are more money-savvy than they used to be with more bank accounts than men, but they still earn less than their male counterparts.

Investigate executive salaries to close the wage gap

Article bogdan TagDiv - 18 Jun 2015

A government research initiative aims to tackle executives' preposterous salaries to rectify the country's skewed income distribution.

Men get lion’s share of income

Article bogdan TagDiv - 23 Apr 2015

South Africa's gender wage gap is among the world's worst, with women earning a third less on average than men.

Nuptials widen the wage gap

Article bogdan TagDiv - 21 Aug 2014

Women just can't catch a break: new research has shown that the rate of a woman's wage growth slows after she gets married, whereas men's increases.

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National

Tshwane water woes in court again

Sarah Smit - 21 Feb 2020

The municipality has been accused of deliberately derailing the contract to sort out toxic water crisis in Hammanskraal

National

Life in lockdown: Behind closed doors keeping out the coronavirus

Sarah Smit - 21 Feb 2020

South African students in China are staying behind closed doors due to the coronavirus outbreak

National

Apartheid criminals still at large

Ilham Rawoot - 21 Feb 2020

Corporations and banks that aided the apartheid regime have not been brought to book, so they continue to act with impunity

Press Releases

Response to the report of the independent assessors

IT Web - 17 Feb 2020

VUT welcomes the publishing of the report of the independent assessors to investigate concerns of poor governance, leadership, management, corruption and fraud at the university.

Press Releases

NWU student receives international award

IT Web - 17 Feb 2020

Carol-Mari Schulz received the Bachelor of Health Sciences in Occupational Hygiene Top Achiever Award.

Press Releases

Academic programme resumes at all campuses

IT Web - 17 Feb 2020

Lectures, practicals, seminars and tutorials will all resume today as per specific academic timetables.

Special Reports

Strategic social investments are a catalyst for social progress

Derek Davey - 17 Feb 2020

Barloworld Mbewu enables beneficiaries to move away from dependence on grant funding

Special Reports

We all have a part to play to make South Africa work

Derek Davey - 17 Feb 2020

Powering societal progress demands partnerships between all stakeholders

Special Reports

So you want to be a social entrepreneur?

Derek Davey - 17 Feb 2020

Do the research first; it will save money and time later

Special Reports

Social entrepreneurship means business

Derek Davey - 17 Feb 2020

Enterprises with a cause at their core might be exactly what our economy desperately needs

Special Reports

Looking inwards

Derek Davey - 17 Feb 2020

Businesses are finding tangible ways to give back – but only because consumers demand it