Unemployment
“I have tried all the tricks … but with no success” says frustrated Covid-19 grant applicant
Despite new Post Office system, snaking queues are the norm in Port Elizabeth
News | 22 January 2021
Their mother died in 2018. Since then this family of five has survived on child support grants
There are over 30,000 child headed households in South Africa
News | 18 January 2021
Covid-19: Long tightly packed queues outside labour department
People battling with online applications have flocked to local centres, causing overcrowding
News | 14 January 2021
Kensington housing renovated by “exceptional artisans” from informal settlement
Body corporate hires unemployed local artisans
News | 17 December 2020
Child drowns in Philippi dam
Community leader says they have been pleading for years for the area to be fenced
News | 10 December 2020
Tsakane tense after residents close down immigrant-owned shops
At least five new shops have been closed down
News | 30 November 2020
Horse grooms can claim UIF, rules CCMA
Department of Labour’s system showed that they had absconded from work
Brief | 30 November 2020
Union slams public works programme
Workers whose contracts ended in March are demanding to be reinstated
By Zoë Postman
Brief | 26 November 2020
Transport employees face retrenchment three months after court victory
In August, the Constitutional Court ordered that 66 workers be insourced by the Road Traffic Management Corporation
By Zoë Postman
News | 25 November 2020