Little comfort in SA inequality gap study

17 November 2019 - 00:08 By HILARY JOFFE

More than half of SA's household spending comes from the richest 10% of its people, while the bottom 50% of the population shares less than 10% of total spending, reflecting the deep inequality that puts SA up there in the top five most unequal countries globally...

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