Volume 1: Issue 9 TIMSS SA Newsletter – Poverty, Inequality and Education

Volume 1: Issue 9 TIMSS SA Newsletter – Poverty, Inequality and Education

April 2016

TIMSS SA Newsletters
Published in 2016
Keywords: Higher education / Inequalities / Inequality in South African education / Labour market

South Africa is one of the most unequal countries in the world in terms of income distribution. This edition of the TIMSS newsletter examines inequality not only evident in relation to income, but in relation to the different layers of inequality which exist within the country. Two important issues that cannot be overlooked when speaking about inequality: poverty and social cohesion are also explored