Trapped in the middle class casualty ward – The Mail & Guardian

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Trapped in the middle class casualty ward – The Mail & Guardian

Aside from some snobby Brits and sundry hard-line communists, being a member of the middle class is considered to be a good thing. A better education leads to better jobs with higher salaries and what it is really all about: spending power. And in South Africa, where so many were for so long denied the chance to become members of the middle class, this is often trumpeted as a sign of what the government has done for previously disadvantaged peop…