Unemployment

Low-income families are spending more on food since March, says report

“We have to accept that we now face a massive hunger crisis”

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News | 26 May 2020

Covid-19: Durban workers without pay as company fails to declare them with UIF

Over R14 billion paid to about 2.5 million workers during lockdown, says labour department

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News | 20 May 2020

Protesters bring road project to a halt in KwaNobuhle

They believe unemployed youths from their ward are being sidelined

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Brief | 20 May 2020

Covid-19: “I decided to return to the robots because of hunger”

Piece workers fear hunger over lockdown rules

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News | 13 May 2020

Hair and beauty technicians petition to start working

Employer’s organisation has collected nearly 70,000 signatures

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Brief | 6 May 2020

“Thanks to the generous donors my kitchen is full of food” says Tsakane resident

Couple urges community to make donations for families in need

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Brief | 4 May 2020

“Coronavirus is the last thing to worry about while looking for gold deep inside a mine”

Informal miners say they are continuing operations amid lockdown

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News | 30 April 2020

Covid-19: Increase in social grants not good enough, say critics

Activists and academics say government’s grant increases are a “way of appearing generous while actually reducing the disaster relief budget”

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News | 29 April 2020