Unemployment
Retrenched eThekwini workers shot at with rubber bullets while marching to ANC offices
The workers’ contracts under the public employment programme were terminated in October when the City ran out of funds
Brief | 11 January 2024
Eastern Cape traders shut down by municipality over festive season
More than 40 stalls and containers were demolished and removed from main road in Cacadu
News | 10 January 2024
The informal brick makers of Dordrecht
“We are only working to put food on the table, nothing else” says Tinashe Mandobe who has made bricks in the small Eastern Cape town since 2004
News | 7 December 2023
The Big Issue might have to shut down after R600,000 cyber scam
It was a targeted attack, says cyber security firm probing the theft from the magazine’s account
News | 30 November 2023
How unemployment has changed since 2000
Jobless rate has not dropped below 20% since 2000
By Sonia A. Rao
News | 23 November 2023
Protesters storm Durban City Hall
Presidential Employment Programme workers received SMSes on Sunday stating that the programme was suspended due to a lack of funds
Brief | 2 November 2023
Group threatens to “shut down” Bloemfontein
Mangaung Concerned Community want jobs
Brief | 19 October 2023
Things just get worse and worse at the labour department in Bellville
“This is my fifth time coming here,” says UIF claimant
News | 21 September 2023
Hundreds queue in Cape Town city centre in hope of a job
Mostly young people stand in line for hours
By Mary-Anne Gontsana and Ella Morrison
Brief | 14 September 2023