Mogoeng: Gender pay gap ‘a question of ethics’
Chief Justice Mogoeng Mogoeng has weighed in on the country’s transformation debate following the recent release of a Poverty Trends report by Stats SA.
The release of the report by Statistician General Risenga Maluleke revealed that white males earn three times more than their black counterparts.
Mogoeng was speaking at the launch of the Gordon Institute of Business Science’s (GIBS) Ethics Barometer in Illovo on Tuesday evening.
“What people are complaining about in the corporate sector, that the top leadership is white males is not something to condemn one another about, but something that demands of us as leaders committed to ethics to say something is wrong here,” he said.
“The same applies to remuneration packages. I have read reports about how there is no equity in remuneration of people in the business sector. An ethical leader would not allow that.
“You may not be aware that you are acting unethically as a leader, but there ought not to any discrimination between a white man and a white woman, a black man and a white man, a black woman and a white man when they are equally qualified.”
The report by Stats SA revealed that women still get paid far less than men.
Women with primary education are paid 55% less than their male colleagues, while those who have tertiary education are paid 70% less.