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Within the BRICS partnership, South Africa is the smallest economy in terms of its gross domestic product and population size and had both the lowest levels of average growth and employment over the past decade. Of some concern is the fact that South Africa continues to experience levels of inequality that are ranked amongst the most elevated in the world.