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Lead Story · South Africa

R23,000 Isn't the Problem. The Timeline Is.

In a country where 60% of young people can't find work, South African Twitter keeps deciding a mid-level salary is the real embarrassment. Somewhere between the payslip pile-ons and the influencer flights to Zanzibar, we stopped asking what a respectable salary is and started asking what one looks like on camera.

By Scroll Staff · 9 min read

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