South African trade union general secretary said the wealth gap is widening
JOHANNESBURG, Aug. 21 (Xinhua Li Jianmin) South African Congress of Trade Unions General Secretary 斯韦林泽马 Wawei 21 in a speech at the University of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg, said South Africa is the world's largest gap between rich and poor countries. South Africa's wealth gap is worrying people, black and white wealth gap between the have also continued to expand.
Wawei day in an interview with Xinhua, pointed out that about 48% of South Africans earning less than 322 rand (about 7 Rand to 1 U.S. dollar), 25% of the people by the government relief of survival. He said statistics show that in 2009, the Johannesburg Stock Exchange listed company among the top 20 companies in charge of South Africa's average worker pay is 1728 times the average income.
According to statistics, approximately 71% of South Africa, female-headed households earning less than 800 rand, while another 59% of which do not even have any income families.
well-known research company in South Africa survey data released by the South African black men, the average monthly income of 2,400 rand, while the white men in South Africa the average monthly income of 19,000 rand. Most of the income of white women for the 9600 rand per month, while the majority of black women in South Africa's income was only 1,200 rand per month. Wa Wei said that South Africa Nedbank CEO Tom Mubodeman 43 million in revenue last year for the rand. Standard Bank of South Africa's income was 18.2 million Yakumali rand. Maria Ramos, president of Union Bank of South Africa last year's income from 13.5 million rand. He also revealed that the Johannesburg Stock Exchange listed company among the top 20 executives are white males. 60% of South African private company executives are white males, 14% were white men, black men and black women share only 9% and 4%.
