Gini Coefficient
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High levels of corruption cripple SA municipalities but government optimistic about improvements, Ramokgopa says
Minister in the presidency for planning, monitoring and evaluation said there had been progress in implementing the country’s medium-term development plan, running from 2024 to…
South Africa must revive its industrial ambitions
Black economic empowerment has been transformative but it needs to be revisited to broaden its pool of beneficiaries
South Africa needs innovation by design to fix fragile, failing systems
We must go beyond resilience to build systems that can survive disruptions, self-correct and grow better from them, turning stress into strength
Transforming lives: The impact of quality education in South Africa
Since 1999, ITHUBA’s Scholarship programme has supported more than 300 young South Africans in pursuing tertiary education
OPINION| Are some rights more equal than others?
There’s a tendency to blame the Constitution for not rectifying the nasty twins of poverty and inequality, but it and the courts cannot build houses, schools and a strong economy
The explosive mix of multilevel factors explain the violence amid the looting
The social, political and economic problems of poor governance need to be fixed so that public resources are managed and distributed equally
The inefficiency of the Gini coefficient
To simplify complex inequality into a single statistic doesn’t address how to accurately assess (or reduce) South Africa’s large wealth divide
What is this place?: The visual simulacrum of South Africa in the Covid-19 lockdown
Why is the visual depiction of this country in centre-left international online news publications so unrecognisable?
South Africa is set on fixing its economy. But will poor people benefit?
Initiatives to boost South Africa’s economy could reinforce structural weaknesses without addressing the high levels of inequality
World Bank finds itself in a Gini fix
The institution has tried to minimise income inequality in South Africa, with ludicrous results, writes Dick Forslund.
Three million lifted out of poverty
The World Bank has praised South Africa’s fiscal system, but with a number of reservations.
From Dainfern to Diepsloot: A short trip across SA’s wealth gap
The gap between the haves and have-nots is on the minds of low-income earning South Africans as they take to the polls.
Gini bias denialists defeated by Google
Your correspondents Len Verwey and Leon Muller almost certainly know more about economics than I do.
Gini cannot grant wishes
Rian Malan’s letter, which suggests some form of disinformation conspiracy in the measurement of inequality in SA, is possibly irresponsible.