Economy
School children recycle waste for food
“This is helping my family very much because my parents do not work,” says seventh-grader
News | 3 April 2018
Waste picker killed by trash compactor
Nswaki Mahlakwane’s body remained uncollected for more than 12 hours
Brief | 22 March 2018
Traders vs Transnet: court case has consequences for informal businesses
Mogwase’s informal traders argue that closing their businesses will make them dependent on the state
Law | 19 March 2018
Don’t take us away from our customers, traders ask Mayor Athol Trollip
Informal vendors in Port Elizabeth relocated to site without customers, water, electricity or toilets
News | 15 March 2018
Grand Parade Traders squeezed by City
Barricades in preparation for cycle tour are ruining business while vendors still have to pay rent
Brief | 6 March 2018
Want to curb abalone poaching? Treat the cause
Drone video that showed poachers being caught misses the point
Opinion | 28 February 2018
Ramaphosa’s “most important people”
GroundUp spoke to some of the people who sleep on the benches outside Parliament
News | 27 February 2018
Eastern Cape’s prickly informal economy
Every year cactuses provides a major income boost for unemployed people who forage and sell the fruit
News | 23 February 2018
Battle over mining rights in remote Eastern Cape villages
Mgungundlovu residents and government to meet in court in April
Feature | 19 February 2018