Unemployment
Wupperthal: the town where you can sleep outside on your stoep
But jobs are scarce in this small Cederberg mission town
Text by Liezl Human. Photos by Ashraf Hendricks.
Photo Essay | 18 October 2024
Public Works workers picket through the night in Durban
They want jobs after their contracts were terminated in July
Brief | 17 October 2024
SASSA recovers R150-million in ineligible grants payments
But the agency is bleeding funds due to fraudulent payments still being made
News | 11 October 2024
Graduates march to demand police work
They say they have the qualifications and there are staff shortages in the police department but they remain unemployed
Brief | 26 September 2024
UIF online services frozen in court battle
Interim interdict stopped the UIF’s new service provider from rendering IT services
News | 5 September 2024
My three-month battle with the Unemployment Insurance Fund
Appeal to the new Minister of Labour to fix the problems with the fund
Opinion | 15 August 2024
Hundreds of waste pickers march in Joburg demanding compensation
They also oppose the City’s plans to burn waste in incinerators, saying it threatens the livelihoods of thousands of waste collectors
Brief | 7 August 2024
Churches join call for basic income grant
Providing a guaranteed minimum level of income frees people from vicious cycle of poverty, says Archbishop Thabo Makgoba
News | 26 July 2024