Mind the gender pay gap
Women have come a long way in closing the gender pay gap, but the journey’s not over yet
08 August 2019 - 05:00
The gender pay gap in SA has narrowed substantially for the lowest-paid and best-paid women over the past 25 years — thanks mainly to minimum wage legislation and affirmative action — but for those in the middle it has remained persistently wide, a new study has found.
The fact that SA’s pay gap at the mean declined from 40% in 1993 to 16% in 2014 masks these differences, suggesting the country has largely defeated wage discrimination. Though this isn’t the case, some positive strides have been made...
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