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South Africa’s gender pay gap leaves women behind

Just 3% of chief executives of JSE-listed companies are female

Nadia Mahomed – Executive Director –  General Manager, Avon Justine PTY Ltd

Navigating pathways to empowerment

A reflective journey on women’s progress and Avon’s pioneering role in the last 25 years

The PwC report, which tracked executive director remuneration trends in 285 companies, found that there were only 81 women executives among the 725 people whose pay was analysed. (Oupa Nkosi)

In South Africa, only 5% of chief executives are women

Only 5% of chief executives are women and the gender pay gap is most pronounced in the top JSE-listed companies, according to a PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) report released on…

The PwC report, which tracked executive director remuneration trends in 285 companies, found that there were only 81 women executives among the 725 people whose pay was analysed. (Oupa Nkosi)

Covid causes gender gap to increase by a generation

The World Economic Forum reports it would take more than 135 years to reach global gender parity. South Africa ranks 18th, a downward curve in gender equality.

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Covid steals jobs, equality from women

PwC’s Women in Work Index says governments and businesses must tackle causes of inequality

Although two thirds of job losses were experienced by women, two thirds of the recipients of the R350 Covid-19 grant were men (John McCan/M&G)

The pandemic’s effect is gendered

Although two thirds of job losses were experienced by women, two thirds of the recipients of the R350 Covid-19 grant were men

Only 6% of the 329 chief executives at JSE listed companies are women.

White men still rule and earn more

Women and black people occupy only a few seats at the JSE table, the latest PwC report has found

The new apartheid is decentralised, encrypted in algorithms, and cloaked in the language of economic rationality and legal formalism and it’s not only in South Africa. Photo: File

Covid-19 a ‘catalyst for closing the pay gap’

Executive directors earn 66 times the national minimum wage and are overwhelmingly white, a report by assurance, advisory and tax services company PwC has found

This International Women’s Day, women in Africa have a lot to celebrate.

We must continue to empower women entrepreneurs to grow Africa

If we increase the number of high-growth, women-founded startups, they can bridge the inclusivity gaps in their respective economies and societies

The PwC report, which tracked executive director remuneration trends in 285 companies, found that there were only 81 women executives among the 725 people whose pay was analysed. (Oupa Nkosi)

Why the gender pay gap persists

Social norms and the economic value we attach to work are among the reasons the disparity still exists

Using AI without critical reflection widens the gap between relevance and convenience.

African governments leave women out of digital revolution

Despite governments having collected over $400-million to provide universal connectivity, women remain unconnected from the internet.

Former US President George W Bush also wooed Saudi King Abdullah. Changes in the economy and politics have seen Saudi’s clout take a hefty knock

Making the Business Case for Gender Equality

​Gender parity is both an economic and a moral imperative

The crux of the issue, says senior lecturer at the University of the Witwatersrand Lumkile Mondi, is how to hold the government accountable.
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BBC China editor quits in equal pay protest

Carrie Gracie said she resigned last week over a "crisis of trust" which has engulfed the BBC.