Wealth Distribution
latest news & developments
SA’s middle class closing in on the rich
The gap between the poor and middle class is widening, but according to the World Bank, inequality between the rich and middle class is narrowing.
SA’s richest people live … where?
There are some big surprises in the most recent tax statistics, but there’s no escaping the endemic disparities in income everywhere.
Three million lifted out of poverty
The World Bank has praised South Africa’s fiscal system, but with a number of reservations.