Unemployment
Covid-19: Homeless, unemployed and stuck in South Africa
Limpopo moves people living on the streets into shelters
Brief | 8 April 2020
Covid-19: Hairdresser’s battle to survive
“I have never been scared like this before”
Brief | 7 April 2020
Covid-19: George residents thankful for its many soup kitchens
About 80 feeding schemes are operating during the lockdown, many from people’s backyards
By Mpumi Kiva
Brief | 7 April 2020
“Our entire livelihoods are coming to a standstill” says waste picker
Informal sector workers’ plea to be included in UIF provisions during the lockdown
By Zoë Postman
News | 27 March 2020
Covid-19: New UIF provisions may help workers
But labour lawyer has his doubts and the Fund is “inundated with enquiries from businesses”
News | 23 March 2020
Hospital general staff down tools
Uitenhage Provincial Hospital management to meet with union on Monday
Brief | 13 March 2020
Pensioner helps himself and his neighbourhood by recycling from illegal dumps
“The illegal dumping sites are a nuisance to our health and to the environment,” says PE resident Ntsokolo Konzapi
Brief | 13 March 2020
Former PE municipal workers demand jobs
Unions want immediate implementation of 2018 resolution to make workers permanent
Brief | 11 March 2020
Councillor must fall, say Soweto White City residents
Councillor Ntombizodwa Nxumalo says protests are politically motivated
News | 28 February 2020