Whites still earning three times more than blacks: Stats SA

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South Africa remains one of the most unequal societies in the world.

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File: South Africa has struggled to bridge the gap between racial and gender groups since the fall of apartheid in 1994.PRETORIA - Whites in South Africa earned three times more than blacks on average, two decades after the demise of apartheid, Stats SA said on Thursday.

It said the average monthly earning among blacks - who account for 80-percent of the population - was R6,899, while the figure was R24,646 for whites.It added that women earned roughly 30-percent less on average than males.Africa's most industrialised nation has struggled to bridge the gap between racial and gender groups since the fall of apartheid in 1994.

South Africa remains one of the most unequal societies in the world, despite interventions that include a new national minimum wage bill which came into effect in January.The new report was compiled by Statistics SA, the Southern Africa Labour and Development Research Unit and the Agence Francaise de Developpement .

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MndeniMocha This will still remain as long as MYANC and CyrilRamaphosa are still in government here in SOUTH AFRICA, whites have gate keepers in ANC

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