Economy
Nelson Mandela Bay probe into tenders leaves small business owners unsatisfied
The service provider who previously made the 30% allocation is “under investigation”
Brief | 15 March 2022
Rubbish piles up in Cape Town’s townships as residents fight over jobs
The City says it is making efforts to upgrade the jobseekers’ database
By Nombulelo Damba-Hendrik and Mary-Anne Gontsana
Feature | 9 March 2022
Budget 2022 will reinforce inequality
Less money for public schools and health care, but tax breaks for corporates and individual taxpayers
By Daniel McLaren, Zimbali Mncube, Cheryl-Lyn Selman and Lindi-K Khumalo
Opinion | 3 March 2022
Small businesses demand 30% share of Gqeberha municipal tenders
Protesters march through city centre
Brief | 23 February 2022
SAFTU protests for R1,500 Basic Income Grant
Zwelinzima Vavi says that the R350 Covid relief grant doesn’t even buy a daily loaf of bread
News | 11 February 2022
City of Cape Town promises to fix vandalised Khayelitsha market
Toilets are filthy, lights have been stripped, roofs are broken
By Vincent Lali
News | 25 January 2022
Treasury to bail out Northern Cape municipality over unpaid workers
Court gives Eskom go-ahead to recoup R105 million
By Liezl Human
News | 21 January 2022
Universal social security is now a matter of urgency
Government must implement a policy for either a basic income grant or a grant for unemployed people
By Abongile Nkamisa and Ariella Scher
Opinion | 3 December 2021
Stellenbosch University hosts 16km walk to pay off students’ debt
The #Action4Inclusion campaign was started in 2020 and hopes to raise R2 million by Christmas to help those who can’t afford registration, accessing marks and other material
Brief | 29 November 2021