There are roughly 400,000 households (3.3% of all households) in South Africa with a total monthly households income of R30,000 or more. (Income and Expenditure Survey 2005/6)
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No way! I find that so hard to believe! Surely there are more than that? (Although I guess you are only taking declared income into consideration!
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Well this statistic is from 2005/6 so thats 5 years off the mark. it would be very interesting to see this in real relevant terms.
SA clearly doesn’t have a middle class at all!!