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Divided Armies Struggle to Win

Thabo Mbeki, who succeeded Nelson Mandela as South Africa’s second post-apartheid president, celebrated his 80th birthday on 18 June 2022. Following Mandela’s era of multiracial and multicultural rainbowism, Mbeki had to squarely address the challenges of acute inequality and the numerous grievances of the black majority caused by colonialism and…

In the face of deep inequality, unemployment, high rates of crime and violence, and the social and economic fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic, the mental health trajectory for young South Africans looks bleak.

As fuel prices rise and pay rates stay the same, a driver and labour rights leader is fighting increasing precarity.

Colombia's congress opens its new session on Wednesday, with a slate of ambitious tax-and-spend and other legislation on the horizon under incoming President-elect Gustavo Petro, intended to combat poverty and inequality.

Gap has grown since 2008 despite relatively stable levels of inequality for decades, analysis finds

Among proposals to ‘reset the dial’ on women’s health are training for doctors and hubs across the NHS

Other lives: Development economist who worked on the inequality and poverty impacts of trade liberalisation

We caught up with Connected Kerb CEO Chris Pateman-Jones to find out how his start-up is looking to solve London’s charge inequality problem

Editorial: Whoever is the next prime minister will likely resurrect a form of capitalism that almost broke the economy in 2008

It’s good that institutions such as the Tory party have begun to reflect the nation’s diversity. But it’s not an end in itself. Show me the ideas