Economy
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
Mealie sellers taste success
Working six days a week, 12 hours a day, women braai and sell corn to put their children through school
News | 9 February 2018
Popular Khayelitsha coffee shop closed by burglary
Owners of Department of Coffee are hoping to reopen if they can raise the capital to replace stolen coffee machines
Brief | 21 November 2017
Credit regulator to investigate moneylender
“Conniving loan sharks” must be brought to book, says member of provincial parliament
News | 25 October 2017
Rent owed to City goes from R3,400 to R260,000 in one month
Mayco Member says “bureaucratic error” was behind massive increase for Grand Parade vendors
By Sune Payne
News | 9 October 2017
Reprieve for Port Elizabeth roadside traders
Walmer residents force municipality to backtrack on eviction
News | 4 October 2017
Single father supports children by waste picking
“If you are a parent you cannot be picky”
Brief | 24 September 2017
White farmers and Communist Party members join to fight bank evictions
Protesters demand change to legislation
By Ciaran Ryan
News | 21 September 2017