Unemployment
Teenagers sell fruit and vegetables to help family make ends meet
“Our mother has taught us to work extra hard because we are immigrants”
News | 17 June 2020
Workers take PE municipality to CCMA
Union wants Nelson Mandela Bay to implement a resolution made in 2018 to employ workers permanently
Brief | 12 June 2020
“We are not doing any business” says street vendor
Report finds 70% of households in poor neighbourhoods source food from informal sector
By Zoë Postman
News | 9 June 2020
“Our people cannot be treated like napkins”: public works programme challenged in court
Johannesburg Expanded Public Works Programme workers want to be made permanent
By Elna Schütz
News | 2 June 2020
Covid-19: Only 488 of over 5,000 artists who applied for relief were paid
Thousands of people in the creative arts don’t expect venues to reopen until 2021
News | 29 May 2020
18,000 jobs lost in wine industry – Vinpro
Union says its inundated as “unscrupulous farmers” terminate workers’ contracts.
By Sadé Allcock
News | 29 May 2020
Alcohol ban creates flourishing black market for Ghanaian whisky
“Selling whisky sachets and cigarettes is the only option l have at the moment”
News | 29 May 2020
SASSA applicants camped outside Mdantsane office
“I noticed that most people getting served were those who had camped here the night before, so I decided to join them”
Brief | 27 May 2020
“My business will never be the same again” says Duduza spaza shop owner
Ward councillor urges all business owners in need of help to apply for assistance
News | 27 May 2020