Topic: Unemployment

Striking drivers forcefully stop and inspect trucks in Gqeberha

Among their demands is for freight companies to stop hiring immigrants

By Joseph Chirume

News | 1 March 2022

Blind DJ feels the music as he spins the decks

Raeez Kuhn aka DJ Eezo from Eldorado Park says his dream is to become a headlining DJ

By Masego Mafata

News | 25 February 2022

“We are hungry. Our pots are empty”

Hundreds march in Cape Town demanding urgent solutions to unemployment

By Vincent Lali

Brief | 24 February 2022

Walking Bus volunteers demand pay and recognition

City says there’s no money in budget to pay them

By Vincent Lali

News | 14 February 2022

SAFTU protests for R1,500 Basic Income Grant

Zwelinzima Vavi says that the R350 Covid relief grant doesn’t even buy a daily loaf of bread

By Marecia Damons

News | 11 February 2022

Immigrant traders in Gauteng fear for their safety after wave of xenophobic attacks

City of Johannesburg promises that traders allocated spaces will not be harassed or attacked

By Masego Mafata

News | 2 February 2022

Reclaimers in trouble with Tshwane metro over recycling site

City in talks with reclaimers’ forums over finding a designated space for reclaimers to work

By Kimberly Mutandiro

News | 1 February 2022

Tenants’ long wait for home ownership comes to an end this year

City of Cape Town promises to scrap tenants’ debt to help with sale process

By Marecia Damons

News | 28 January 2022

Hundreds of people conned out of R800 in jobs-for-cash scam

Police claim to be investigating but complaint was lodged over a month ago

By Nombulelo Damba-Hendrik

News | 27 January 2022

Activists lobby President to make Covid grant permanent

Following a meeting with organisations last week, the presidency acknowledged the impact the grant has had in reducing poverty and hunger

By Masego Mafata

News | 26 January 2022

Hundreds of Clover workers picket outside Department of Trade

Workers have been on strike since November 2021

By Masego Mafata

News | 13 January 2022

Striking Clover workers to get overdue bonuses by Friday

Workers across the country have been on strike for eight weeks

By Chris Gilili

Brief | 11 January 2022

Qunu residents’ hopes dashed by failed government project

Government’s R8-million Integrated Energy Centre has not lived up to any of its promises

By Mkhuseli Sizani

News | 2 December 2021

Protesters in Gqeberha threaten company for employing immigrants

#PutSouthAfricansFirst protesters accused of putting people’s lives in danger

By Joseph Chirume

News | 26 November 2021

Eastern Cape women abandon vegetable gardens to collect scrap for cash

“Everything here in Qunu has collapsed after Madiba passed away”

By Mkhuseli Sizani

News | 22 November 2021

Tax the rich, demand budget protesters

Unions and organisations call for a basic income grant

By Thamsanqa Mbovane, Marecia Damons and Liezl Human

News | 11 November 2021