“It was scary to see this area go from busy to what felt like a ghost town overnight”
News | 5 August 2021
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
Last week temperatures dropped to minus 7ºC
News | 26 July 2021
“This is desperation. People are hungry out here. Situations like these are heartbreaking,” says Thahier Alli
News | 23 July 2021
Community soup kitchens say the number of people coming for food has increased in recent months
News | 23 July 2021
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
People running the kitchens say termination of the R350 Covid grant in April is directly linked to the increased demand
News | 16 July 2021
The workers say they were employed as casuals from 2018 until June 2021
Brief | 9 July 2021
Immigrant traders supply miners with everything from water to socks
News | 7 July 2021