South Africa's emerging black middle class

SOURCE: South African Labour Bulletin
OUTPUT TYPE: Journal Article
PUBLICATION YEAR: 2004
TITLE AUTHOR(S): R.Southall
KEYWORDS: MIDDLE CLASS, POST APARTHEID SOUTH AFRICA
DEPARTMENT: Developmental, Capable and Ethical State (DCES)
Print: HSRC Library: shelf number 2954
HANDLE: 20.500.11910/7243
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11910/7243

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Abstract

The merging black elite has become a major area of fascination, not only for trendy magazines, but also for the labour movement and those interested in how he class dynamics are playing themselves out in the post 1994 period. The author examines the rise of the black middle class.