Unemployment

“The struggle for work in East London is hell”

Unemployed men wait on the side of the road for work

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News | 12 November 2018

Hiring of “teagirl” sparks protest in Uitenhage

Anger over employment procedure at sewer project

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Brief | 18 July 2018

R6,000 compensation not enough says Ekurhuleni worker

Former participants in municipal job creation programme want permanent jobs

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News | 13 July 2018

Department of Labour to use billion-rand surplus to extend UIF benefits

Unemployed workers will be paid out for up to a full year

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News | 11 June 2018

Workers battle to get UIF paid out

Two junior riggers at Tentickle Hiring Services (PTY) Ltd have tried since October to get their unemployment benefit

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News | 21 May 2018

Reservists say defence force has deserted them

“We are suffering and struggling to support our families”

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News | 10 April 2018

School children recycle waste for food

“This is helping my family very much because my parents do not work,” says seventh-grader

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News | 3 April 2018

Waste pickers snubbed by City and Province

“Absence of land is blocking our dream”

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News | 2 March 2018

Eastern Cape’s prickly informal economy

Every year cactuses provides a major income boost for unemployed people who forage and sell the fruit

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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.”

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News | 19 January 2018

Waiting by the roadside desperate for work

The official unemployment rate in the Eastern Cape has risen to over 32%

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News | 1 December 2017

Swapping “rubbish” for food in Dunoon

Recycle Swop Shop offers unemployed residents an option

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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.”

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News | 30 May 2017

Eldorado Park explodes over lack of houses and jobs

“There is no future for the youth here”

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Photo Essay | 9 May 2017

Dismissed UWC Securitas staff in mediation talks

Workers are demanding to be reinstated at the University

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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

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Brief | 31 March 2017