Economy

Hard work and little pay: pushing heavily-laden trolleys while dodging traffic

Competition is stiff between the men who push trolleys for vendors in the Cape Town city centre

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Photo Essay | 21 June 2019

Breaking the cycle of poverty in Louis Trichardt

Zimbabwean woman makes money from recycling cardboard

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News | 6 June 2019

Informal traders in PE want municipality to build stalls and toilets

“If the municipality fails to intervene, we will end up bankrupt”

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Brief | 30 May 2019

Ward councillor locked out of her office

Uitenhage small businesses demand share of road project

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Brief | 27 May 2019

Stokvel women have become mashonisas

Pressure is on stokvel members to lend money at very high rates of interest

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Feature | 20 May 2019

Norris Phaswana was left to fend for his family at 15. Today he is a successful trader

“I am able to educate and provide food for my family from this business”

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News | 16 May 2019

“I raised my children by selling home brewed beer”

Traditional beer is cheap and popular in Tsakane township

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Photo Essay | 2 May 2019

“We hope we will be the last generation of waste pickers to face these difficulties”

Government releases guidelines for municipalities to integrate Informal waste pickers into the economy

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Brief | 15 April 2019

Greenmarket Square not what it used to be, say traders

Although almost every available stall space is taken, traders say business has been dropping year after year

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News | 12 April 2019

Eastern Cape immigrant shop owners say they pay for protection from “xenophobia”

Last week immigrant-owned shops in Cofimvaba were shut down for a day by SANCO

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News | 12 April 2019

Makhado municipality fails to keep promise

No sign of promised markets upgrade

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News | 5 April 2019

GROUNDVIEW: Civil society directors should make their salaries public

Coyness over what we earn is the current etiquette, but it needs to change.

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GroundView | 29 March 2019

Selling prickly pears by the side of the road

This is not a job for the weak, says Uitenhage woman

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Brief | 6 March 2019

RDP house on sale for R1.7 million

Risky purchase says property consultant

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Brief | 25 February 2019

Mboweni receives workers’ demands ahead of budget speech

Minister of Finance addressed marchers outside Parliament

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Brief | 20 February 2019

Load shedding is killing small businesses

“We are losing profits. Our clients are impatient and always in a hurry. They can’t wait for about two and a half hours.”

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News | 15 February 2019