Inequality drives crime in SA, even at the workplace

Soldiers support the police during a search operation in Lavender Hill on the Cape Flats in this August 2011 file photo. Picture: THE TIMES/ESA ALEXANDER

Let’s first focus on the societal level. In 2018, just over 22-million crimes were reported in SA, according to Crime Stats Simplified. These included 20,306 murders and 49,991 sexual offences. In the same year, there were 323,369 drug crimes and 86,119 instances of individuals caught driving under the influence of drugs and/or alcohol.

It is fairly well understood that inequality and crime are interwoven at a societal level. Yet the ways in which the same trend could play out in organisations still needs to be explored. The danger of “relative” economic inequality needs to be considered with respect to the size of pay gaps within organisations.

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