Unemployment
“Insourcing at UWC is unaffordable” says university
But dismissed security guards, “desperate to start working”, won’t give up their protest
Brief | 31 March 2017
Battle for toilet cleaning jobs in Gugulethu
Residents stop janitors emptying toilets in protest
News | 29 March 2017
The long wait for “madams or bosses”
“Sitting at home will not put food on our tables,” say the men waiting by the side of the road
Feature | 29 March 2017
Child grants can help mothers get better jobs
Research shows that grants make it easier for women to look for work
Opinion | 2 March 2017
“To people dustbins smell bad. To me they smell of money.”
Thembisile Kubheka makes a living by picking through bins
News | 20 February 2017
Ekapa and zama-zamas fight over mining rights
Will Department of Mineral Resources use the opportunity to regulate small-miners?
Law | 5 December 2016
Ekapa case shows South Africa’s stark inequalities
Mining companies and government move to end livelihoods of thousands of informal miners
Opinion | 5 December 2016
Thriving car wash started with one man in a wheelchair
"I have gained my independence, doing things that I didn’t think I would be able to do,” says owner
News | 17 November 2016
Protesters burn down new hospital wing
They accuse construction company of hiring people from outside the area
News | 29 September 2016