Economy
National minimum wage: not enough protection for part-time workers
Some of the most vulnerable could be left in the cold
By Ruth Castel-Branco and Gilad Isaacs
Opinion | 13 January 2017
National minimum wage: the devil is in the detail
Aspects of the proposal may render a minimum wage ineffective
By Gilad Isaacs
Opinion | 14 December 2016
Meat disappears with police in East London
Police are clamping down on meat hawkers who have been operating for years, but "don't have a clue" what happens to meat they confiscate
By Abongile Ndevu and Siphokazi Vuso
News | 9 December 2016
Informal couriers beat Zimbabwe import ban
“Malaicha” explain that prices include cost of bribes
News | 8 December 2016
Ekapa and zama-zamas fight over mining rights
Will Department of Mineral Resources use the opportunity to regulate small-miners?
Law | 5 December 2016
Ekapa case shows South Africa’s stark inequalities
Mining companies and government move to end livelihoods of thousands of informal miners
Opinion | 5 December 2016
Table Mountain’s easy targets: On the trail with a Hout Bay mugger
"You can do whatever you want. You can get away quickly. It's easy."
Feature | 4 December 2016
Community care workers left to fend for themselves again
Workers excluded from proposed minimum wage
By Chantel Anders and Elroy Paulus
Opinion | 2 December 2016
Dispute over City’s confiscation of traders’ goods
Government wouldn’t do this to Pick ‘n Pay, says activist
News | 25 November 2016