Economy
Immigrant finds her feet selling shoes
Melania sells second-hand footwear smuggled from Mozambique
By Ray Mwareya
News | 24 March 2017
Mthatha city centre closed by hawkers’ protest
Food sellers angry after stalls confiscated
Brief | 16 March 2017
Khayelitsha informal market without electricity for months
Traders say they hardly make a profit anymore
By Vincent Lali
News | 15 March 2017
R1k loan balloons to R13k in two years
Money lender now controls woman’s bank account, wages and children’s grants
News | 15 February 2017
Victory for Denneboom Station traders
Lawyers for Human Rights commended both the new mall developers and the City of Tshwane for engaging with the traders
Law | 13 February 2017
Harare residents find ingenious new ways to survive
Faltering economy prompts tricks of all sorts
Feature | 1 February 2017
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