Economy

Mass lay-offs at Lesotho garment factories as US tariffs bite

After the Trump administration’s threat of 50% import duty on Lesotho, orders have dried up and production lines have shut down

South African law is failing gig workers

These workers don’t get paid leave and they can be dismissed arbitrarily

Lesotho fishing company’s strange “error” on donations

Sanlei Premium Trout reported community donations of fish heads worth R2.9-million, but actually gave less than R450,000

Quick explainer: How wages are set

Begging to feed their children

Women who beg at traffic lights with their children say they have no other options

Fight over fish in Lesotho’s Katse Dam

Local fishers say they are arrested and beaten up but authorities deny this

Lesotho gives in, approves Starlink licence

Civic organisation says this is a “sell-out”

Alcohol industry used “regulatory capture” to delay liquor bill, say researchers

Liquor Amendment Bill still not introduced to Parliament after nine years

Tariffs: Trump is punishing poor countries which export more to the US than they import

People in developing countries will lose jobs and poverty will rise

Quick explainer: government debt and why it matters

Lottery licence bidder accuses Minister of favouring Ithuba

HCI subsidiary Wina Njalo brought an urgent court application after Minister Parks Tau postponed deadline for new operator

Quick explainer: what VAT means for you

The “biggest trout farm in Africa” and the failed R5,000 community fund

Lesotho Highlands aquaculture project offers little in return for its licence

Budget: Social grants to increase and VAT goes up

Finance minister announces above-inflation grant increases

Immigrant spaza shop owners battle to meet registration deadline

Problems with documents from Home Affairs affect shop owners’ ability to comply with President Ramaphosa’s announcement about food outlets

Union calls on government to save steelworkers’ jobs

3,500 jobs at risk in the industry as ArcelorMittal considers retrenchments