Speaking at a symposium on “Social Mobility and Inequality in South Africa” co-hosted by the Southern Africa Labour and Development Research Unit (SALDRU) and the Friedrich Ebert Stiftung South Africa Office, SALDRU’s director, Prof. Murray Leibbrandt talked about the texture and multidimensionality of inequalities in South Africa.
One of the critical challenges highlighted by Prof. Leibbrandt is intergenerational failure. In other words, the children of the poor are not doing better than their parents.
The challenges that the poor face are multidimensional, however, a major problem highlighted by Prof. Leibbrandt is the fact that the post-apartheid labour market is not working for the majority of South Africans.
Download Prof. Leibbrandt’s slide presentation (PDF). View the symposium’s programme (PDF).
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@MurrayLeibbrand: this graph shows where income comes from, 1993 and 2010. For the poor in post-apartheid era most comes from government grants. "The post-apartheid labour market's not working". @SALDRU1 pic.twitter.com/L8VYgbSyHT
— Pippa Green (@green_pippa) April 23, 2018