The trials of living a life around the capricious temperament of water scheduling
New millionaire residents will surge by 85% in 2033, making it one of the Brics nations fastest growing wealth hubs
Europe would have been a marginal player in world history without the continent’s natural resources and centuries of cheap African labour
Having a formal plan in place helps families and trusts to assist others more efficiently when crisis strikes
The reactions to Elon Musk’s billionaire status are evidence that far too many South Africans have not fully grasped the destructive consequences of inequality. Entrepreneur Musk…
To simplify complex inequality into a single statistic doesn’t address how to accurately assess (or reduce) South Africa’s large wealth divide
We need to ingrain values of equality in education, businesses, society broadly and religious groups to see people
The Standard Bank’s Wealth Report for Africa for 2020 shows that the continent’s wealthiest individuals worry about what impact volatile political environments will have on their…
Choosing this path would create work for many while also building the infrastructure that the country needs
In South Africa, growth in 2017 went to the top 1% most wealthy people and nothing to the bottom 50%
Readers write in about Marxism and economics, and the World Economic Forum in Davos.
The wealthy few who embrace luxurious and extravagant lifestyles impose a great burden on the environment.
For the first time, tax data has been made available to try to assess just how much is owned by how many
Credit Suisse’s Global Wealth Report makes for interesting reading for those who suspect quantitative easing is more about propping up asset prices.
Research by Credit Suisse shows that the world’s poor and middle classes have been squeezed to create more wealth for 1% of the population.
There are some big surprises in the most recent tax statistics, but there’s no escaping the endemic disparities in income everywhere.
Several factors are responsible for increased household wealth but the run is likely to end, according to a recent index.
Inequality fell slightly just before the financial crisis of 2008 but is on the rise again, particularly in developing countries such as South Africa.
More than 1.76-million people joined the ranks of the global super-rich last year as stock market gains and property prices swelled personal fortunes.
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.
