Unemployment
You can queue at dawn but still not be served at the labour department in Belvillle
“Such a big sacrifice for a simple service — if the process was well managed”
News | 18 July 2022
Minister proposes increase to Covid grant income threshold
Meanwhile, many R350 grant beneficiaries have been waiting months for their payments
News | 15 July 2022
Video: Building classrooms from plastic waste in Diepsloot
Local NGO turns plastic waste into eco-bricks
Video | 12 July 2022
Activists takes government to court over “unfair” R350 grant application rules
They say at least 10 million applicants are still waiting for their R350 Social Relief of Distress Grant payments since April
By Liezl Human
News | 23 June 2022
Jobs for homeless people at stake as stimulus funding ends
City says National Treasury funding created more than 3,000 temporary jobs during the pandemic
News | 15 June 2022
Cape Town housing project brought to a halt in protest over jobs
Delft residents demand work on Symphony Way project
News | 9 June 2022
Hankey residents force seasonal workers out of town in violent clashes
“How can we be called foreigners in our land?” asks migrant worker from Lusikisiki
News | 6 June 2022
Making a little money from filling in potholes
Taxis pay Philippi trio to make roads a bit better
News | 1 June 2022
Jobseekers queue in hope of short-term contracts
City of Cape Town’s Expanded Public Works Programme registration drive draws a crowd
News | 27 May 2022