In 2021, women still earn less than men in South Africa
According to a report published by the National Treasury, it has been revealed that men earn more than women in 7 out of 8 of our metros in South Africa.
New data shows that men earn more than women in seven out of eight metros in South Africa. Whaaaat! Yes, that was our response!
We are all for gender equality, so what happened to gender equality when it comes to salaries?
A pattern showing that more men are employed than women was also discovered across the country, especially in the big towns and cities, excluding Cape Town, where more women were seen as having more jobs.
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The National Treasury report got this information using tax data. The data shows that between the period 2013 and 2018, there was a consistent pattern of men earning more than women.
The treasury mentions that the findings don't necessarily mean that men are getting paid more for the same jobs as women, although that is not ruled out as a possibility.
According to Business Insider: "There has been about a R2,000 difference in the median income of men and women in the City of Cape Town, which has remained virtually consistent. Even as median incomes fell and then rose again across the sexes between 2017 and 2018, the gap between men and women remained. In other words, even though women started to earn more, they still earned less than men."
We can't say that this news is shocking. Although we know that our country and the world has come a long way when it comes to enforcing gender equality, the journey is ongoing...
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