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Unequal Scenes - Drones Capture Inequality in South Africa

Geoff Riley

3rd July 2016

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This is a remarkable photographic resource for students and teachers wanting to understand more about inequality in South Africa.

Discrepancies in how people live in Cape Town are sometimes hard to see from the ground but these photos taken from drones and uploaded onto the Unequal Scenes website are a powerful reminder of the depth of income and wealth inequality in the African continent's largest economy and a nation with one of the highest Gini coefficients in the world.

Click here to visit the Unequal Scenes website

Unequal Scenes - Masiphumelele and Lake Michelle
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Geoff Riley

Geoff Riley FRSA has been teaching Economics for nearly forty years. He has over twenty years experience as Head of Economics at leading schools. He writes extensively and is a contributor and presenter on CPD and Revision conferences in the UK and overseas.

@tutor2uGeoff

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