Unemployment
Homeless man creates unique lampshades from recycled material
Ziggy Goredema lost his job and home at the start of lockdown and began making and selling the hanging lampshades
News | 17 August 2021
No water means no service: Hundreds turned away at Gqeberha labour office
The department advised people to visit the Kariega branch or use their online services
News | 6 August 2021
Wild Coast: is there a future in eco-tourism?
“We are not anti-development” say opponents of mine and toll road
By Daniel Steyn and Nombulelo Damba-Hendrik
Feature | 5 August 2021
Volunteers are fixing looted Soweto markets
“It was scary to see this area go from busy to what felt like a ghost town overnight”
News | 5 August 2021
The Covid grant should be R585, so everyone can afford to eat
Black Sash launches a report into the implementation and impact of the Covid-19 SRD Grant
By Theresa Edlmann, Engenas Senona, Erin Torkelson and Wanga Zembe
Opinion | 27 July 2021
Winters are the worst nightmare for us, says homeless man in Springs
Last week temperatures dropped to minus 7ºC
News | 26 July 2021
Atlantis pharmacist feeds hundreds of people weekly
“This is desperation. People are hungry out here. Situations like these are heartbreaking,” says Thahier Alli
News | 23 July 2021
“Serving from the pot, you pray that the food is enough”
Community soup kitchens say the number of people coming for food has increased in recent months
News | 23 July 2021
Treasury considering return of Covid-19 grant
Activists have so far collected over 62,000 signatures to petition for the R350 grant to be reintroduced
By Liezl Human
Brief | 20 July 2021