Unemployment
“R350 is an insult. It is even less than the lunch of a minister’s son a day”
Activist groups demand Basic Income Grant of R1,500 at Kariega protest
Brief | 23 February 2023
People queue from 4am to sort out their UIF
Cape Town labour centre serves 600 people a day. Many of them keep having to return
By Liezl Human
News | 20 February 2023
Protesters block major roads in Cape Town in cleaning contract dispute
Five arrested but not charged
By Vincent Lali
News | 15 February 2023
Hundreds march to demand Ramaphosa address Basic Income Grant at SONA
Civil society organisations want R350 SRD grant increased to R1,447
By Chris Gilili
Brief | 2 February 2023
Cape Town suburbs where homeless people count
Through the Streetscapes project, homeless people are running surveys, earning an income, and changing lives
By James Stent
News | 18 January 2023
Eco-friendly fast food deliveries create jobs for young people
Green Riders employs young people in Dunoon on e-bikes
Brief | 13 December 2022
Cape Town mother has to beg for money to buy nappies for her disabled son
15-year-old Donnel, who has hydrocephalus, wants to go to school
News | 15 November 2022
“We begged them not to take our belongings”
Homeless community removed from Gqeberha’s Grahamstown Bridge
Brief | 11 November 2022
Xhora Mouth in the Eastern Cape is starting to thrive
The making of a vibrant village
By Daniel Steyn and Mkhuseli Sizani
Feature | 2 November 2022