Murray Leibbrandt

  • UCT Emeritus Professor and Senior Research Scholar; Director of ARUA's African Centre of Excellence for Inequality Research within SALDRU., University of Cape Town
Contrasting affluent and low-income urban areas in South Africa. Fivepointsix/Shutterstock

What causes inequality in African countries? New book traces a vicious cycle

The richest 1% of Africans received 27% of the total revenue from growth on the continent. This is one of the inequalities that needs to change.
Vue aérienne d’un township (en contrebas) et d’un quartier favorisé, en Afrique du Sud. Fivepointsix/Shutterstock

Afrique subsaharienne : les inégalités diminueront‑elles d’ici à 2030 ?

Des inégalités multidimensionnelles persistent à l’échelle régionale et nationale en Afrique subsaharienne. Analyse de leurs causes et des possibles solutions en vue d’y mettre fin, ou au moins de les réduire.
Students from the University of Johannesburg: finding jobs even for graduates is tough in South Africa. Photo by Luba Lesolle/Gallo Images via Getty Images

South Africa’s relief grant: how it can be used to help young people into jobs

There’s a case to be made for combining cash grants and job-search assistance services.
Varias mujeres se tapan la boca mientras caminan por Ciudad del Cabo (Sudáfrica) en mayo de 2020. Shutterstock / Chadolfski

El impacto de la covid‑19 en la pobreza y la desigualdad en África

La dificultad para reducir los niveles de pobreza y desigualdad en África se debe a la incapacidad de lograr un desarrollo equitativo en el continente y a la falta de servicios sociales para los trabajadores.
Millions of poor South Africans rely on social grants, including the child support grant, just to survive. PHILL MAGAKOE/AFP via Getty Images

South Africa can – and should – top up child support grants to avoid a humanitarian crisis

To support precarious households that can’t access existing relief during lockdown and its aftermath, the government should implement a temporary increase in the value of the child support grant.
Unused cooling towers overlooking an informal settlement in Soweto. A new study suggests that poverty in South Africa is actually higher than the figures usually quoted. Reuters/Siphiwe Sibeko

How current measures underestimate the level of poverty in South Africa

A review of South Africa’s methodology to measure poverty shows that 60% of people in the country are poor. This is way higher than the figures that are usually quoted.

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