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SAHRC says SA is the most unequal country in the world – with 64% of black South Africans, 41% of Colored People, 6% of Indian people and 1% of white people living in poverty.
Senior researcher for Equality at SAHRC Shanelle van der Berg presenting the inequality report on 12 July 2018. Picture: Kgomotso Modise / EWN
JOHANNESBURG – The South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) 0.01% in the past four years, the gap in wealth inequality continues to widen the
The commission delivered the 2017/2018 equality report on Thursday morning. Address by the commission, South Africa remains the most unqualified country in the world – with 64% of black South African, 41% of colored people, 6% of Indian people and 1% of white people living in poverty
Researcher Shanelle van der Berg says economic inequality and status-based inequality are inextricably linked
"If we look at the NDP poverty and quality related ta rget, the living on the poverty line has increased, margining from 39% to 40%. "
She says the wealth inequality gap is a result of the failure of affirmative action by the government
" What is lacking is a central coordinating body that can keep an eye on the implementation of the affirmative action. "
Van der Berg says with a Gini coefficient where zero represents a perfectly equal society, and one represents an unequal society in terms of wealth , South Africa's Gini coefficient is 0.95 – just 0.5 short of being perfectly unequal
(Edited by Winnie Theletsane)
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