Unemployment
Former Ekurhuleni health workers want their jobs back
“Some of our members died of Covid because we worked even during level 5 of the lockdown”
Brief | 29 March 2023
Covid grant should be increased to at least R413, say civil society groups
A new means test and bank verification process has resulted in far fewer people getting the grant
By Liezl Human
News | 20 March 2023
Informal traders inside Cape Town mall told to vacate by next Sunday
For many traders in Belhar Mall, this is their only income to support their families
News | 2 March 2023
Cape Town is removing homeless people from the street. This is what the City is offering instead
Mayor promises R230-million over the next three years to help homeless residents. But will there be enough space?
News | 2 March 2023
“R350 is an insult. It is even less than the lunch of a minister’s son a day”
Activist groups demand Basic Income Grant of R1,500 at Kariega protest
Brief | 23 February 2023
People queue from 4am to sort out their UIF
Cape Town labour centre serves 600 people a day. Many of them keep having to return
By Liezl Human
News | 20 February 2023
Protesters block major roads in Cape Town in cleaning contract dispute
Five arrested but not charged
By Vincent Lali
News | 15 February 2023
Hundreds march to demand Ramaphosa address Basic Income Grant at SONA
Civil society organisations want R350 SRD grant increased to R1,447
By Chris Gilili
Brief | 2 February 2023