South Africa is the most economically unequal country in the world. Moreover, research
shows that inequality has only risen since advent of multi‐party democracy in 1994. In this …

This book explores the challenge of dismantling colonial schooling and how entangled
power relations of the past have lingered in post-apartheid South Africa. It examines the 'on …

There are many questions related to poverty in South Africa that remain unsatisfactorily
answered. Given the poor performance of the South African economy, including declining …

abstract In the years following the end of Apartheid, South Africa introduced the Employment
Equity Act as part of legislation designed to address entrenched racial and gender …

Although many studies have examined gender gaps in labour market outcomes in sub-
Saharan Africa, most have been conducted within specific countries, making it difficult to …

This paper investigates the evolution of the gender wage gap in South Africa, using the 1993-
2015 Post-Apartheid Labour Market Series data set. The changes in the gap are …

abstract In the early part of the post-apartheid period in South Africa, a 'feminisation of the
labour force'coincided with an increasing concentration of women in unemployment as well …

Using household data from the latest wave of the Ghana Living Standards Survey, this paper
utilizes machine learning techniques–IV LASSO–that allows for the treatment of …

This study shows that occupations in South Africa are segregated and stratified by gender.
While some women (mostly Black and “Coloured”) overwhelmingly fill low-paying jobs …

The South African government implemented different legislative mechanisms in an attempt
to address gender equality in the workplace, discrimination, and empowering women. To …