Unemployment
Tembisa mom turns illegal dump site into vegetable garden
Itumeleng Phiri started a recycling business on the site, then a food garden
News | 30 September 2021
Activists demand SASSA fix “flawed” Covid-19 grant application process
SASSA says only 8 million of the 13 million people who applied for the R350 grant were approved
News | 24 September 2021
Unemployed and desperate: Over 100 people sleep outside labour office
Makhado labour office only has two staff members
News | 21 September 2021
Informal waste reclaimers get World Wildlife Fund award
But the African Reclaimers Organisation says they have still not been integrated into the City of Johannesburg’s waste management plan
News | 8 September 2021
UIF promises relief for workers affected by July riots
Until 15 December, employees at businesses that have not reopened can receive R3,500 per month
By Masego Mafata and Kimberly Mutandiro
News | 30 August 2021
Jobseekers flock to proposed Amazon site in Cape Town
Hundreds queue at River Club development in the hope of getting work
News | 26 August 2021
Families want electricity bills from lockdown to be scrapped
Cape Winelands municipality battling to recover steep outstanding bills
News | 24 August 2021
How Walter the storyteller escaped homelessness
Like many others he lost his home during lockdown and lived rough
By James Stent
Feature | 24 August 2021
Homeless man creates unique lampshades from recycled material
Ziggy Goredema lost his job and home at the start of lockdown and began making and selling the hanging lampshades
News | 17 August 2021