Unemployment
Mass lay-offs at Lesotho garment factories as US tariffs bite
After the Trump administration’s threat of 50% import duty on Lesotho, orders have dried up and production lines have shut down
News | 13 June 2025
Social grants go unpaid as beneficiaries struggle with SASSA’s system
Activists say they get dozens of complaints weekly about the online verification process
News | 12 June 2025
Court battle looms between City of Johannesburg and traders
SERI has sent a letter of demand to the City over container removals
News | 9 June 2025
Picket for jobs at Eskom offices in Joburg
Protesters from Mpumalanga demand local recruitment at power stations
Brief | 22 May 2025
Begging to feed their children
Women who beg at traffic lights with their children say they have no other options
News | 22 April 2025
Union calls on government to save steelworkers’ jobs
3,500 jobs at risk in the industry as ArcelorMittal considers retrenchments
Brief | 21 February 2025
Protesters angry that Gqeberha company is using workers from Durban
Ibhayi Workers Forum demonstrated outside Dormac in Markman industrial area
Brief | 13 February 2025
“All I want is a job” pleads unemployed doctor
Unemployed health graduates march in Pretoria, demanding urgent action from Treasury
News | 3 February 2025
Woman collapses in long queue at Pretoria labour office
Mamelodi residents say the long lines are exacerbated by the six-month closure of their labour office
Brief | 20 January 2025