Economy
South African fruit hawkers chase away Zimbabwean competitors
“I want to survive like them. They must leave me alone,” says fruit seller in Port Elizabeth
Brief | 1 July 2019
The people of Plastic City cannot even afford zinc shacks
People live in homes built of discarded board and plastic next to a Brakpan dump site
Photo Essay | 27 June 2019
Hard work and little pay: pushing heavily-laden trolleys while dodging traffic
Competition is stiff between the men who push trolleys for vendors in the Cape Town city centre
Text by Tariro Washinyira. Photos by Ashraf Hendricks.
Photo Essay | 21 June 2019
Breaking the cycle of poverty in Louis Trichardt
Zimbabwean woman makes money from recycling cardboard
News | 6 June 2019
Informal traders in PE want municipality to build stalls and toilets
“If the municipality fails to intervene, we will end up bankrupt”
Brief | 30 May 2019
Ward councillor locked out of her office
Uitenhage small businesses demand share of road project
Brief | 27 May 2019
Stokvel women have become mashonisas
Pressure is on stokvel members to lend money at very high rates of interest
Feature | 20 May 2019
Norris Phaswana was left to fend for his family at 15. Today he is a successful trader
“I am able to educate and provide food for my family from this business”
News | 16 May 2019
“I raised my children by selling home brewed beer”
Traditional beer is cheap and popular in Tsakane township
Photo Essay | 2 May 2019