Essay On Inequality In South Africa

KOLA T
215519350
APPLIED ECONOMICS 3A
ALE30AT
ASSIGNMENT
INEQUALITY AND POVERTY IN SOUTH AFRICA
25 APRIL 2017

TABLE OF CONTENTS
Introduction……………………………………………………….Page 1
Hypothesis………………………………………………………….Page 1
Literature review………………………………………………..Page 1
Body……………………………………………………………………Page 2
Conclusion………………………………………………………….Page 3
Bibliography……………………………………………………….Page 4
Annexures…………………………………………………………..Page 5

Introduction
Inequality and poverty still remain as a dominant crisis in South Africa, whereby the rich become richer and the poor become poorer due to the lack of skills and opportunities. Past policies of the apartheid system are the major contributors to the high rates of inequality and poverty in South Africa because the apartheid policies were in favour to the white minority when it comes to job opportunities, education and ownership of land. Black people were excluded from getting

Table 1 shows that discrimination is also one of the reasons for South Africa to become the most unequal nation, you can find that in some workplaces women earn fewer wages than what men earn but doing the same job. Most companies prefer having males than females in the top positions, which results in gender inequality. The rate of employed women is less than the rate of men employed that is depicted in table 2. IES2005 reported that 45% of all female-headed households lived below the "lower-bound" poverty line, compared to only 25% of male-headed households.