Unemployment
Workers have slept outside City Hall for a month, hoping to get jobs back
Their contracts were terminated in July and the eThekwini municipality says it is only considering applicants 35 or younger
Brief | 21 November 2024
Government must protect legitimate SRD grant applicants, say activists
Universal Basic Income Coalition say fraudulent applications only represent a “small proportion of applications”
News | 28 October 2024
People wait months to be verified for R370 SRD grant
SASSA blames the Home Affairs online system
News | 22 October 2024
Informal miners burnt to death during police raid: Families demand justice
Several miners died and scores more sustained severe burns during an Operation Vala Umgodi raid in August
News | 21 October 2024
Wupperthal: the town where you can sleep outside on your stoep
But jobs are scarce in this small Cederberg mission town
Text by Liezl Human. Photos by Ashraf Hendricks.
Photo Essay | 18 October 2024
Public Works workers picket through the night in Durban
They want jobs after their contracts were terminated in July
Brief | 17 October 2024
SASSA recovers R150-million in ineligible grants payments
But the agency is bleeding funds due to fraudulent payments still being made
News | 11 October 2024
Graduates march to demand police work
They say they have the qualifications and there are staff shortages in the police department but they remain unemployed
Brief | 26 September 2024
UIF online services frozen in court battle
Interim interdict stopped the UIF’s new service provider from rendering IT services
News | 5 September 2024