People in South Africa are living in poverty when there is enough money in this country to provide a good standard of living for everyone.Many South African women have been affected with income gaps by the government or the business they work in.

South Africa has various pieces legislation aimed to help stop or prevent gender discrimination in the workplace, however the statistics still paint a very different picture. In South Africa around 38% of households are headed by women however women headed households are 40% poorer than those headed by men.

Discriminatory may play a big role in the income gap,with hiring managers and bosses,consciously or unconsciously choosing to pay female,elderly and certain race employees less than their male,young and different race peers for the same work.When employers and hiring managers routinely choose men over women for higher-paying managerial positions.