Employed but still poor: the state of low-wage working poverty in South Africa

Posted on Tue 11 June 2019 in Africa • Tagged with South Africa, poverty, low wages, working poor

Low-wage poverty is highly associated with unstable work such as in the informal sector. Shutterstock

Derek Yu, University of the Western Cape

Paid employment is generally considered the predominant and most sustainable way of pulling people out of poverty. But the past two decades have seen a global rise in …


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Zuma has gone: but the ANC's inability to separate party from state is still a threat to democracy

Posted on Mon 05 March 2018 in Africa • Tagged with South Africa, ANC, Jacob Zuma, Cyril Ramaphosa, Democracy, corruption, Thabo Mbeki, African Politics, Politics

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Mashupye Herbert Maserumule, Tshwane University of Technology

South Africa’s ruling party, the African National Congress (ANC), glossed over the causes of what nearly degenerated into a political crisis following its momentary affray with former president Jacob Zuma over his removal from office.

That he has now gone doesn’t …


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