Economy
Covid-19: Spaza shop owners under pressure to stay open after hours
Shop owners near Louis Trichardt said they will not disobey the regulations
Brief | 10 April 2020
Covid-19: Street vendor says she can now feed family of 17 under relaxed regulations
Informal taders selling essential goods and uncooked foods to now operate with a permit during the lockdown
News | 6 April 2020
Covid-19: New regulations clamp down on profiteering
Competition Tribunal can deal with matters urgently and impose pricing orders
Law | 4 April 2020
Covid-19: Dambuza youth donate groceries to locked down street hawkers
“If I don’t go out and work that means going to bed hungry. I now have food,” says vendor
Brief | 3 April 2020
Covid-19: 76 economists say government can do more to protect the economy
Open letter to President Ramaphosa and the Cabinet from South African economists, economic and business analysts
Opinion | 30 March 2020
Covid-19: Lockdown hits informal traders
Many traders have no savings and without any income they don’t know how they will make it through the next 21 days
News | 26 March 2020
Covid-19: New UIF provisions may help workers
But labour lawyer has his doubts and the Fund is “inundated with enquiries from businesses”
News | 23 March 2020
15% of SA’s wealth is in the hands of just 3,500 people, study finds
New estimates confirm extreme inequality
By James Stent
News | 10 March 2020
Centuries old fishing method survives in False Bay
In the 1970s there were dozens of trek fishing crews. Today, there are only four left.
Photo Essay | 28 February 2020