Unemployment
Eastern Cape women abandon vegetable gardens to collect scrap for cash
“Everything here in Qunu has collapsed after Madiba passed away”
News | 22 November 2021
Tax the rich, demand budget protesters
Unions and organisations call for a basic income grant
By Thamsanqa Mbovane, Marecia Damons and Liezl Human
News | 11 November 2021
Local manufacture of army’s new uniforms will create jobs
SANDF says uniforms will be 100% made in SA
By Liezl Human
News | 3 November 2021
Grant beneficiaries are paying R100 of their R350 to jump the queue
“We are not forcing anyone to pay the money. We are creating jobs for ourselves”
News | 27 October 2021
Labour Minister promises “mobile office” to rural Limpopo villages
People are sleeping outside offices to avoid long queues
Brief | 20 October 2021
Human Rights Commission asked to look into post-apartheid forced removal
255 people live in dire circumstances in “Soweto” in Mthatha after they were forcefully relocated in 2012
By Mkhuseli Sizani and Hoseya Jubase
News | 18 October 2021
Steel federation says 6% wage increase offer is final
CEO says sector has lost over 50,000 jobs this year alone
Brief | 15 October 2021
Waiter who lost his job during lockdown now runs his own pizza takeaway
Takesure Ranjisi makes pizza and sells it from a container in Walmer township
Brief | 12 October 2021
Makhanda dumpsite occupiers say they have nowhere else to go, as municipality tries to upgrade it
Company awarded R20m to refurbish the site. But a dispute with a subcontractor threatens the project.
News | 7 October 2021