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Some startling facts about South Africa

  1. Households headed by black women in South Africa on average had an income of R58 000.
  2. Those headed by black men had R75 000.
  3. White women-headed households had R258 000.
  4. Those headed by white men averaged R396 000.
  5. According to a report by Oxfam entitled: Reclaiming Power: Womxn’s Work and Income Inequality in South Africa, the average South African CEO takes home as much as 461 black women.

 

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