
Political and Social Activist - Jay Naidoo
Why hasn't freedom reduced inequality in post-apartheid South Africa?
According to Oxfam, South Africa is the most economically unequal country in the World - the wealth of the two richest citizens outstrips that of the poorest 50% of the population. Twenty years after the end of apartheid, why is that so?
As part of the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½â€™s Richer World season Hardtalk speaks to Jay Naidoo, leader of the South African trade union movement during the liberation struggle and a cabinet minister under President Nelson Mandela. Why hasn’t freedom reduced inequality?
(Photo: Members of the Alexandra Trampoline Club in Alexandra Township, Johannesburg, South Africa. The township is next to the wealthy suburb of Sandton. Credit: Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
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- Fri 30 Jan 2015 20:05GMTÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ World Service Online
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