Wage Gap
latest news & developmentsCEOs earn R24.9m at SA’s 10 biggest companies
The report finds that only 2.2% of the CEOs at JSE-listed companies are women
BBC China editor quits in equal pay protest
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?
Historically, trade unions in the country have played a significant role in shaping the political landscape.
W20 to mind the (gender) gap
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
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
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
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
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.