Unemployment
Protesters open assault case, alleging municipal official pepper-sprayed them
Protesting unemployed security guards were demanding jobs with the Nelson Mandela Bay municipality
Brief | 24 June 2021
Unemployed security guards shut down municipal customer care centre
They have been demanding municipal jobs since 2019
Brief | 22 June 2021
Makhanda community stops million rand road construction project
They are demanding to be employed in local construction projects in their area
Brief | 17 June 2021
Even the rats have left this household now that the cupboard is empty
Brother and sister used to rely on Covid-19 grant
Brief | 17 June 2021
No vegetables, no fruit: surviving without the Covid-19 grant
Nocawa Maneli of Gqeberha lives off pap and rice supplied by relatives
News | 9 June 2021
“We don’t want money, we want jobs”: Ekurhuleni workers go to court
The City’s former employees want employment contracts, not the compensation awarded to them by the Labour Court
By Masego Mafata and Julia Evans
News | 26 May 2021
Covid funds for artists: Public Protector intervenes
“Artists are not seen as employees but as freelancers” says performer
By Julia Evans
Brief | 20 May 2021
Desperate pleas for government to continue Covid-19 grant
“With the grant I could buy food that lasted a month”
By Thamsanqa Mbovane and Joseph Chirume
News | 18 May 2021
Government buys farm in Ventersdorp for evicted farm workers
The families have been living in community halls after spending nights on the roadside with their belongings
News | 13 May 2021