Economy
Mushroomville waste pickers avoid eviction, for now
“It’s not an easy life but I have to do it to support my family back home”
By Zoë Postman
Feature | 4 February 2019
Protestors demand R70 billion compensation for inventor of please call me service
Movement says it is making plans to shut down Vodacom service
By Zoë Postman and GroundUp Staff
News | 31 January 2019
Zimbabweans stock up in SA to beat inflation at home
But the cost of taking goods back rises over Christmas
News | 18 December 2018
Picket against new coal stations at energy summit
Coal-fired power plant plans are “dragging the country’s efforts to address climate change backwards”
Brief | 11 December 2018
69-year-old woman scrap collector sleeps by the roadside
Eastern Cape women spend weeks on the road collecting ferrous metals
Brief | 10 December 2018
Court ruling provides some relief for borrowers
Maximum interest rate on second loans reduced
By Ciaran Ryan
Law | 7 December 2018
Informal miners risk their lives to make R25 from a wheelbarrow of coal
Villagers dig for coal in Newcastle
Brief | 5 December 2018
Bridgetown man makes robots from scrap
I’ve always been good with my hands, says “Robot Man”
Text by Mary-Anne Gontsana. Photos by Ashraf Hendricks.
Photo Essay | 23 November 2018
Joburg’s informal traders want better spaces
New association formed to lobby for improved conditions
By Zoë Postman
News | 21 November 2018