Economy

Khayelitsha residents close down Somali shop

Community leaders say they didn’t authorise shop

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News | 29 February 2016

Bishop Lavis woman hands out food parcels to the needy

Residents queue from 6am

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News | 26 February 2016

Budget: Pensioners and children will be poorer

Social grant increases are below inflation

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Analysis | 25 February 2016

New technology might transform small-scale fishing

App connects fishers, scientists and fishery management

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Feature | 24 February 2016

Community voices muted at Alternative Mining Indaba

By giving corporations a bigger stake, the people affected by mining are being marginalised

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Opinion | 18 February 2016

Minimum wages: too high will hurt poor people

At Cosatu's demand of R4,500 per month, we risk increasing unemployment

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Opinion | 15 February 2016

Zuma's national minimum wage "own goal"

President is placating business and wavering on policy

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Opinion | 15 February 2016

How drought is destroying KZN’s cattle farms

Lack of rain has forced farmers to make difficult decisions

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Feature | 11 February 2016

Unions justified to demand double digit pay increases

But is the labour movement sufficiently united, independent and democratic to defend workers?

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Opinion | 8 February 2016