Unemployment
Post offices “overwhelmed” with Covid-19 recipients
Over 1.3 million people have been approved for the special Covid-19 Social Relief of Distress grant in KwaZulu-Natal
News | 6 November 2020
Elsies River youth start garden to feed their community
The pair are set to start a larger garden in the area soon
By James Stent
Brief | 5 November 2020
Municipal workers threaten to intensify protests
Expanded Public Works Programme workers want permanent jobs
News | 3 November 2020
Hard life for Fairview’s horse grooms
They want the government to provide services to their informal settlement but it’s on private land. Nevertheless there is hope that a pending land transfer will change things
News | 3 November 2020
“We can’t get any jobs or grants” say former municipality workers
Protesters claim that records still reflect that they work for the municipality despite being unemployed since 2016
By Zoë Postman
News | 30 October 2020
7,000 jobseeker applications handed to City of Cape Town
SAMWU and Assembly of the Unemployed demand permanent jobs
By James Stent
News | 28 October 2020
Snaking queue for Covid grants in Soweto
“I heard the government extended the grant for three months, but I am still waiting for my first payment to be approved”
By Mosa Damane
News | 22 October 2020
Musina residents demand jobs held by immigrants
Residents marched to private companies and the local shopping mall
Brief | 19 October 2020
Neighbouring towns at war over jobs
Cookhouse residents demand inclusion in R28-million industrial park construction in Somerset East
Brief | 19 October 2020