Even a bot can spot corporate lies about women's worth

Compulsory reporting is essential to expose the sexism and hypocrisy at the centre of decision making about pay, writes Lindiwe Mazibuko

12 March 2023 - 00:01 By Lindiwe Mazibuko

When global IT infrastructure and device manufacturer Huawei posted a stream of earnest messages of support for gender equality on its Twitter account this week, it automatically generated a response citing the firm’s abysmal gender pay gap statistics...

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