Black well-to-do the strongest cards in SA's electoral pack

A study of the Black Middle-Class Report by the University of Cape Town in 2020 show dramatic growth in the black middle class, eclipsing that of the white middle class, writes FM Lucky Mathebula.

10 December 2023 - 00:00 By FM Lucky Mathebula

Periodic studies into the black middle class by the UCT Liberty Institute of Strategic Marketing conducted over the past 15 years show dramatic growth in this demographic, whose expansion eclipses that of the white middle class...

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