South Africa’s personal income tax system is in the spotlight as the country’s tax filing season gets under way. Personal ...

According to the Household Consumption Expenditure Survey (HCES) 2022-23, inequality in consumption did decline ...

The anti-poverty charity Oxfam warns that growing inequality in Africa is hindering democracy. The four richest Africans have ...

A social mobility survey shows that 50% of people born into the lowest economic strata do not overcome their poverty.

Africa had no billionaires. Today it has 23 whose combined wealth has soared by 56% in just the past five years, reaching a staggering $112.6 billion.Africa's richest 5% hold nearly $4 trillion in ...

Africa’s wealth disparity has reached unprecedented levels, with just four billionaires now holding more wealth than 750 million people combined – half the continent’s population.

The Gini Index ranges in value from 0 to 100. A score of 0 means perfect equality. A score of 100 means perfect inequality.

In a country as unequal as South Africa, failing to implement a wealth tax and improve taxation of income from wealth is not only unjust, it is unsustainable.

People in affluent countries around the world are willing to tax themselves to address climate change and ease poverty.

At the 4th United Nations International Conference on Financing for Development (FFD) in Sevilla, Spain, July 2, 2025, the ...

Why Zimbabwe Is Claiming to be 5th Largest Economy in SADC Zimbabwe is now ranked as the fifth-largest economy in Southern ...

Referring to a World Bank brief, the government has claimed India is world’s ‘fourth most equal country’. What does this ...