Unemployment
Eastern Cape’s prickly informal economy
Every year cactuses provides a major income boost for unemployed people who forage and sell the fruit
News | 23 February 2018
Women wait for work on the side of the road
“We cannot give up because we have children that depend on us.”
News | 19 January 2018
Waiting by the roadside desperate for work
The official unemployment rate in the Eastern Cape has risen to over 32%
News | 1 December 2017
Swapping “rubbish” for food in Dunoon
Recycle Swop Shop offers unemployed residents an option
By Gill Douglas
News | 28 August 2017
Rubbish dump is a hazard for some but a lifeline for others
“I know that the discarded food could be dangerous to the health of me and my child, but I don’t have an option.”
News | 30 May 2017
Eldorado Park explodes over lack of houses and jobs
“There is no future for the youth here”
Photo Essay | 9 May 2017
Dismissed UWC Securitas staff in mediation talks
Workers are demanding to be reinstated at the University
News | 6 April 2017
“Insourcing at UWC is unaffordable” says university
But dismissed security guards, “desperate to start working”, won’t give up their protest
Brief | 31 March 2017
Battle for toilet cleaning jobs in Gugulethu
Residents stop janitors emptying toilets in protest
News | 29 March 2017