Unemployment
How the R350 Covid-19 grant helped an artist open his own food stall
#PayTheGrants campaign members renew calls for government to reinstate the grant
News | 2 July 2021
Desperate Zimbabweans living on the streets of Musina say municipality makes their hard lives worse
“I thought I had grabbed a way of living … but I now live by scavenging from bins”
News | 1 July 2021
Waiter loses job a second time because of the pandemic
Restaurant staff left without any income as SA goes back to Level 4
News | 29 June 2021
Protesters open assault case, alleging municipal official pepper-sprayed them
Protesting unemployed security guards were demanding jobs with the Nelson Mandela Bay municipality
Brief | 24 June 2021
Unemployed security guards shut down municipal customer care centre
They have been demanding municipal jobs since 2019
Brief | 22 June 2021
Makhanda community stops million rand road construction project
They are demanding to be employed in local construction projects in their area
Brief | 17 June 2021
Even the rats have left this household now that the cupboard is empty
Brother and sister used to rely on Covid-19 grant
Brief | 17 June 2021
No vegetables, no fruit: surviving without the Covid-19 grant
Nocawa Maneli of Gqeberha lives off pap and rice supplied by relatives
News | 9 June 2021
“We don’t want money, we want jobs”: Ekurhuleni workers go to court
The City’s former employees want employment contracts, not the compensation awarded to them by the Labour Court
By Masego Mafata and Julia Evans
News | 26 May 2021