Unemployment
Twenty arrested after shops of foreign nationals looted and torched
Human rights groups have criticised government’s inaction to deal with xenophobic attacks
News | 31 July 2020
Residents’ association wants activist’s soup kitchen closed
“Feed them in their areas” says association chairperson
News | 31 July 2020
“I can’t even feed my children” says unemployed farmworker
Seasonal workers take farm owner to CCMA for “unfair dismissal and illegal eviction”
News | 30 July 2020
Family of 13 living in a shack have “tried everything” but “there are just no jobs”
“I am trying my best to get them a house or a decent place to live in,” says ward councillor
Brief | 29 July 2020
24 arrested in protest against Pietermaritzburg ward councillor
“I was chosen by people of ward 29 not by a few individuals” says ANC’s Spha Madlala
Brief | 28 July 2020
At least four arrested during #ServeUsPlease protest
Police use a water cannon and stun grenades to disperse about 200 peaceful protesters
By Ashraf Hendricks and Zoë Postman
News | 24 July 2020
Cooking up a storm: restaurant staff protest across South Africa
Curfew and alcohol ban cited as major factors as the industry sheds thousands of jobs
By Zoë Postman, Nokulunga Majola, Ashraf Hendricks, Joseph Chirume and Lucas Nowicki
News | 22 July 2020
Workers in Cape wine industry face “job massacre”
Over a dozen wine farms are taking government to court over the new blanket ban on alcohol sales
News | 21 July 2020
Unemployed Cato Crest women start chicken farm to feed their families
“We are determined to make a success of this”
Brief | 20 July 2020