How Covid-19 exposes the economic gap between cities & rural areas
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New evidence has revealed how COVID-19 has widened the gap between cities and rural areas.
According to the authors, the crisis has also enlarged the chasm between suburbs, townships and informal settlements within cities. More than a third of all shack dwellers (36%) lost their jobs between February and April, compared with a quarter (24%) in townships and one in seven (14%) in the suburbs.
On line for comment is national research foundation research professor at the University of Free State (UFS) and research fellow at the Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC), Professor Ivan Turok.
According to the authors, the crisis has also enlarged the chasm between suburbs, townships and informal settlements within cities. More than a third of all shack dwellers (36%) lost their jobs between February and April, compared with a quarter (24%) in townships and one in seven (14%) in the suburbs.
On line for comment is national research foundation research professor at the University of Free State (UFS) and research fellow at the Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC), Professor Ivan Turok.