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The study, compiled by Mastercard, found that the overall index score for the socioeconomic equality of women in 2012 was 74.7, a small improvement from the 74.4 reported in 2011.

"While there are still inequalities between men and women it is encouraging to see that the overall index score has improved year-on-year since 2010, signifying increasing socioeconomic equality between men and women," Mastercard Worldwide president Philip Panaino said in a statement.

The scores are based on a 100-point scale, with a figure closer to 100 indicating more gender parity to men.

Workplace participation of women in the formal economy was also lower than that of men. Only about three-quarters of women were involved in the formal economy when compared to men.

But more women than men were able to find a way to earn an income through casual work, self-employment or business.

The study found that the number of women leaders was far behind than that of men with only 56 women in decision-making positions in government or companies for every 100 men.

While women made up 52% of the country's population, they held only 3.6% of CEO positions, 5.5% of chairmanships, and made up just 21.4% of executives.

The study found that more South African women than men were enrolled in a tertiary organisations. In the case of the University of SA, about 60% of the student body were women.

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Sep 27, 2012

Flemza

I think this is opposite reporting , South A frican women has more rights than any other women in the world , where in the world does a country has women`s day as a holiday , where is that country can someone tell me , so this Mastercard, , what ever it is must stop mis-representing the truth
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Sep 27, 2012

MorenaWaPolelo

Basadi ge leka tlogela gofa maragu for di promotion we will say this equality thing is fair!!!
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Sep 27, 2012

Mosquer

In SA women have more rights than men, and there is no equality in the bible. Only love and respect for women and men. Don't get me otherwise, if a women have capability of being a manager,CEO, or even president let her be, because we also have women who are pastor and men are submitting under them.
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Sep 27, 2012

Papage

It will never happen, Men will for ever be bigger, higher than women, that is how it is and never try to change that. This is the men's world.
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Sep 27, 2012

asaowe

It will never happen so true, it natural.
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Sep 27, 2012

DJ-Winner

Akiri bona ba rata sex tomuch. That is why we don't take them seriously...
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Sep 27, 2012

DJ-Winner

Ba tsamaya bama ponapona. They are reducing themselves to sex objects...
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Sep 27, 2012

LBS

Women who want to be 'equal' to men have no ambition - we are so much better than that!!
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Sep 27, 2012

Mosquer

Eish wa mpolaya. It's like I hear the tone and the way you pronounce those words. But anyway keep it up. Iike it
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Sep 27, 2012

Kgaitsedi-ya-Genaro

@LBS - Ha ho nnete e fetang eo darling, they really lack ambition on a serious note. Who wants to be a duplicate of a man mxcm. Just be who u want to be with your own hard work and brains not ka go bula maoto then o ye ko godimo like some of my colleagues here who are only in possession of a matric certificate with poor subjects nogal.
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