BILL CORCORAN in Cape Town
The Irish Times
October 31, 2012
INCOMES IN South Africa have more than doubled in the last 10 years,
but, 18 years after the end of apartheid, white households still take
home six times more money than their black counterparts, the national
census revealed yesterday.
South Africa’s third census since 1994
paints a picture of a country in which a growing black middle class has
consolidated its place in society over the past 10 years; and of a
government that has increased its delivery of basic services, albeit
slowly.
Despite these gains, major problems remain when it comes
to the provision of low-cost housing, basic services and education for
the poor majority. The hoped for equitable spread of wealth between
South Africa’s ethnic groups has also yet to materialise.
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