Unemployment
UIF promises relief for workers affected by July riots
Until 15 December, employees at businesses that have not reopened can receive R3,500 per month
By Masego Mafata and Kimberly Mutandiro
News | 30 August 2021
Jobseekers flock to proposed Amazon site in Cape Town
Hundreds queue at River Club development in the hope of getting work
News | 26 August 2021
Families want electricity bills from lockdown to be scrapped
Cape Winelands municipality battling to recover steep outstanding bills
News | 24 August 2021
How Walter the storyteller escaped homelessness
Like many others he lost his home during lockdown and lived rough
By James Stent
Feature | 24 August 2021
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