Unemployment
Unemployed doctors march to Department of Health
They demand permanent jobs and no budget cuts to healthcare
Brief | 12 February 2024
People queue from 2:30am at Goodwood Labour office
The department encourages the use of its online system but many can’t use it
News | 23 January 2024
Recipients blocked from getting R350 grant after fraudsters change their cell numbers
SASSA says the SRD grant has placed a massive burden on the agency and plans to implement new software to help prevent fraud
By Daniel Steyn
Brief | 16 January 2024
Retrenched eThekwini workers shot at with rubber bullets while marching to ANC offices
The workers’ contracts under the public employment programme were terminated in October when the City ran out of funds
Brief | 11 January 2024
Eastern Cape traders shut down by municipality over festive season
More than 40 stalls and containers were demolished and removed from main road in Cacadu
News | 10 January 2024
The informal brick makers of Dordrecht
“We are only working to put food on the table, nothing else” says Tinashe Mandobe who has made bricks in the small Eastern Cape town since 2004
News | 7 December 2023
The Big Issue might have to shut down after R600,000 cyber scam
It was a targeted attack, says cyber security firm probing the theft from the magazine’s account
News | 30 November 2023
How unemployment has changed since 2000
Jobless rate has not dropped below 20% since 2000
By Sonia A. Rao
News | 23 November 2023
Protesters storm Durban City Hall
Presidential Employment Programme workers received SMSes on Sunday stating that the programme was suspended due to a lack of funds
Brief | 2 November 2023