More, ItumelengAye, Goodness Chioma2017-03-132017-02More, I & Aye, GC 2017, 'Effect of social infrastructure investment on economic growth and inequality in South Africa : a SEM approach', International Journal of Economics and Business Research, vol. 13, no. 2, pp. 95-109.1756-9850 (print)1756-9869 (online)10.1504/IJEBR.2017.082268http://hdl.handle.net/2263/59399This paper investigates the effect of social infrastructure on economic growth and inequality in South Africa using a SEM approach. We use growth as the mediating variable while controlling for production factors, urbanisation and globalisation. Results show a positive and significant relationship between education expenditure and growth. However there is a negative but insignificant relationship between health expenditure and growth. Furthermore, results indicate a negative but insignificant relationship between education and inequality and a significant negative relationship between health and inequality. Consistent with the Kuznets theory, we find a positive and significant relationship between growth and inequality in South Africa.en© 2017 Inderscience Enterprises Ltd.Education expenditureHealth expenditureInequalitySocial infrastructure investmentEconomic growthStructural equation modelling (SEM)Production factorsUrbanisationGlobalisationScanning electron microscopy (SEM)South Africa (SA)Postprint Article