Angry residents shut down clinic
Patients say clinic is understaffed and service is poor
Brief | 19 February 2019
NEHAWU shuts down TVET colleges in Pietermaritzburg
Colleges have been closed since Thursday
Brief | 19 February 2019
Controversy follows colourful Australian mining magnate
Mark Caruso has made a handsome profit from South Africa’s natural resources
By John Yeld
Analysis | 19 February 2019
Farmers, miners and immigrants battle for land at old Vlakfontein mine
Moses Skosana has no title deed although he has been farming on the old mine compound for eight years
News | 19 February 2019
Students shut down Mangosuthu University
University “shocked” by protest; asks for evidence of outstanding payment claims
News | 18 February 2019
How to reduce unemployment? Two opposing views
How do we reduce unemployment? That is possibly the most important policy question facing South Africa.
GroundView | 18 February 2019
Low wages will not solve South Africa’s unemployment problem, argues economist
Growth in manufacturing is essential but not at the expense of workers
By Aidan Jones
Interview | 18 February 2019
South Africa’s failure to create manufacturing jobs
To reduce unemployment South Africa needs to prioritise labour-intensive work instead of higher wages, write professors Jeremy Seekings and Nicoli Nattrass
By Jeremy Seekings and Nicoli Nattrass
Opinion | 18 February 2019
CPUT shuts building after flood
One student arrested, suspected of causing flood and “more arrests expected to follow in due course”
Brief | 18 February 2019