#BlackTax

Diana Matumba would like to go to graduate school, but she's under enormous pressure to get a good job now to support her extended family. They helped pay for her college tuition, so she owes them.

In South Africa, it’s called the Black Tax

November 24, 2015Education

Black South Africans who make good have the financial burden of taking care of extended family. But now some South African millennials are starting to dodge the “black tax.”