Why does it matter if income inequality is high? Poorly hid envy it looks like.
But Clifton and Camps Bay were super nice. One late night I made a sandwich for the security guard my friend's neighborhood had to hire to stand outside with a kalashankof at night, he was grateful.
Compare that to other more poor African nations, there isn't 1/1000 the tension in the air as there is in SA. The reason for that is the extreme difference in wealth tied to racial tensions.
Money is only powerful as long as it's useful. When the pitchforks come out, dollar bills won't stop them.