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Economist says defining the middle class is not just income based

By Loushe Jordaan Gilbert As South Africans try to make ends meet, middle-class employees are also feeling the pinch of the ever-increasing cost of living, coupled with unstable fuel prices. In 2023, research from the Liberty Institute of Strategic Marketing at the University of Cape Town revealed that a household or individual in South Africa would need to earn about R22,000 per month to be considered middle class. Speaking on […]

today11 October 2024

Opinions

Selective responses to disaster by the middle classes

By Imraan Buccus The fires in Knysna and elsewhere in the Eastern Cape are a terrible disaster. People have lost their homes and all their worldly goods and been traumatised. The outpouring of support and concern for the victims of this disaster is a very positive development that should be welcomed by all. But devastating fires are not a unique development. In fact they are an everyday feature of life […]

today15 June 2017

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