Economy

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Mealie sellers taste success

Working six days a week, 12 hours a day, women braai and sell corn to put their children through school

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News | 9 February 2018

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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

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Brief | 21 November 2017

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Credit regulator to investigate moneylender

“Conniving loan sharks” must be brought to book, says member of provincial parliament

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News | 25 October 2017

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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

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News | 9 October 2017

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Reprieve for Port Elizabeth roadside traders

Walmer residents force municipality to backtrack on eviction

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News | 4 October 2017

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Single father supports children by waste picking

“If you are a parent you cannot be picky”

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Brief | 24 September 2017

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White farmers and Communist Party members join to fight bank evictions

Protesters demand change to legislation

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News | 21 September 2017

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R2K demands cheaper airtime and data

Picket outside cellphone companies’ offices

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Brief | 19 September 2017

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Chokka fishers struggle to survive in lean times

Separated for long periods from their families, the fishers eke out a meagre living catching squid

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Photo Essay | 19 September 2017