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Risk response: When single women dominate the first-time buyer market in a country with chronic unemployment and rising living costs it tells us that traditional safety nets have failed. Photo: Freepik/AI

Single women lead home buying

Many of them buy for control over their own lives and protection rather than prestige. That’s worrying

  • Eyaaz
5 min read
The views about the wealthy contributing to inequality are held mainly by people on the ideological left, although many on the right agree, according to the findings.

Survey finds that wealthy influence, racial inequality and education drive economic divide

60% of respondents across 36 countries believe the political influence of the wealthy significantly contributes to economic inequality

  • Aarti Bhana
3 min read
Expressing anger on social media is merely performative outrage and does not result in action to prevent such abuse

Universities need to better address gender inequality, report says

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  • Umamah Bakharia
1 min read

Tackling the gender inequality issue in the South African workplace

Women are generally better investors and leaders than men, yet they are paid less and seldom rise to executive positions

  • Derek Davey
6 min read