Political leaders have voiced concerns over the proposed VAT increase, arguing it would exacerbate poverty and inequality in ...

GDP growth has many benefits, but cannot be relied on to reduce deep poverty in the presence of high inequality without other interventions. South Africa's economy has shown more than once that a ...

A new report reveals that South Africa’s civil servants are missing critical skills, especially when it comes to technology.

Unicef report found that 23% of South African children experience severe food poverty, eating less than two of the ...

South Africa is a middle-income emerging market with an abundant supply of natural resources; well-developed financial, legal, communications, energy, and transport sectors; and a stock exchange ...

South Africa is well-positioned to confront significant longstanding challenges that have been holding the economy back: declining real per-capital income, persistent unemployment, pervasive poverty, ...

The fact that the DA, which represents the liberal wing of South Africa’s political spectrum ... leaving the majority of South Africans in poverty. The wealth tax threatens the core interests ...

Deputy President Paul Mashatile has called for urgent and sustained efforts to address unemployment and inequality, describing them as fundamental human rights issues.

“G20 nations must place inequality at the heart of economic policymaking, as disparities in wealth and development are ...

By the end of this year, at least 75 million more people will have been pushed into poverty ... such as South Asia. Recovery is projected to take longer in the Middle East and North Africa ...