Economy

Mthatha city centre closed by hawkers’ protest

Food sellers angry after stalls confiscated

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Brief | 16 March 2017

Khayelitsha informal market without electricity for months

Traders say they hardly make a profit anymore

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News | 15 March 2017

R1k loan balloons to R13k in two years

Money lender now controls woman’s bank account, wages and children’s grants

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News | 15 February 2017

Victory for Denneboom Station traders

Lawyers for Human Rights commended both the new mall developers and the City of Tshwane for engaging with the traders

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Law | 13 February 2017

Harare residents find ingenious new ways to survive

Faltering economy prompts tricks of all sorts

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Feature | 1 February 2017

National minimum wage: not enough protection for part-time workers

Some of the most vulnerable could be left in the cold

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Opinion | 13 January 2017

National minimum wage: the devil is in the detail

Aspects of the proposal may render a minimum wage ineffective

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Opinion | 14 December 2016

Meat disappears with police in East London

Police are clamping down on meat hawkers who have been operating for years, but "don't have a clue" what happens to meat they confiscate 

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News | 9 December 2016

Informal couriers beat Zimbabwe import ban

“Malaicha” explain that prices include cost of bribes

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News | 8 December 2016

Ekapa and zama-zamas fight over mining rights

Will Department of Mineral Resources use the opportunity to regulate small-miners?

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Law | 5 December 2016

Ekapa case shows South Africa’s stark inequalities

Mining companies and government move to end livelihoods of thousands of informal miners

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Opinion | 5 December 2016

Table Mountain’s easy targets: On the trail with a Hout Bay mugger

"You can do whatever you want. You can get away quickly. It's easy."

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Feature | 4 December 2016

Community care workers left to fend for themselves again

Workers excluded from proposed minimum wage

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Opinion | 2 December 2016

Dispute over City’s confiscation of traders’ goods

Government wouldn’t do this to Pick ‘n Pay, says activist

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News | 25 November 2016

The spinach king of Khayelitsha

After opening his second bakery, Lufefe Nomjana plans to go global

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News | 22 November 2016

Quick guide to the National Minimum Wage

Essential info for employers and employees

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Explainer | 21 November 2016