Unemployment
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
Soup kitchens in Makhanda struggle to keep up as demand doubles
People running the kitchens say termination of the R350 Covid grant in April is directly linked to the increased demand
News | 16 July 2021
Rubbish collection stopped by garbage collectors demanding permanent jobs in Kariega
The workers say they were employed as casuals from 2018 until June 2021
Brief | 9 July 2021
A thriving trade has sprung up around informal mining in Gauteng
Immigrant traders supply miners with everything from water to socks
News | 7 July 2021
How the R350 Covid-19 grant helped an artist open his own food stall
#PayTheGrants campaign members renew calls for government to reinstate the grant
News | 2 July 2021
Desperate Zimbabweans living on the streets of Musina say municipality makes their hard lives worse
“I thought I had grabbed a way of living … but I now live by scavenging from bins”
News | 1 July 2021
Waiter loses job a second time because of the pandemic
Restaurant staff left without any income as SA goes back to Level 4
News | 29 June 2021