Unemployment

“We are not doing any business” says street vendor

Report finds 70% of households in poor neighbourhoods source food from informal sector

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News | 9 June 2020

“Our people cannot be treated like napkins”: public works programme challenged in court

Johannesburg Expanded Public Works Programme workers want to be made permanent

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News | 2 June 2020

Covid-19: Only 488 of over 5,000 artists who applied for relief were paid

Thousands of people in the creative arts don’t expect venues to reopen until 2021

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News | 29 May 2020

18,000 jobs lost in wine industry – Vinpro

Union says its inundated as “unscrupulous farmers” terminate workers’ contracts.

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News | 29 May 2020

Alcohol ban creates flourishing black market for Ghanaian whisky

“Selling whisky sachets and cigarettes is the only option l have at the moment”

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News | 29 May 2020

SASSA applicants camped outside Mdantsane office

“I noticed that most people getting served were those who had camped here the night before, so I decided to join them”

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Brief | 27 May 2020

“My business will never be the same again” says Duduza spaza shop owner

Ward councillor urges all business owners in need of help to apply for assistance

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News | 27 May 2020

Low-income families are spending more on food since March, says report

“We have to accept that we now face a massive hunger crisis”

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News | 26 May 2020

Covid-19: Durban workers without pay as company fails to declare them with UIF

Over R14 billion paid to about 2.5 million workers during lockdown, says labour department

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News | 20 May 2020

Protesters bring road project to a halt in KwaNobuhle

They believe unemployed youths from their ward are being sidelined

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Brief | 20 May 2020

Covid-19: “I decided to return to the robots because of hunger”

Piece workers fear hunger over lockdown rules

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News | 13 May 2020

Hair and beauty technicians petition to start working

Employer’s organisation has collected nearly 70,000 signatures

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Brief | 6 May 2020

“Thanks to the generous donors my kitchen is full of food” says Tsakane resident

Couple urges community to make donations for families in need

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Brief | 4 May 2020

“Coronavirus is the last thing to worry about while looking for gold deep inside a mine”

Informal miners say they are continuing operations amid lockdown

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News | 30 April 2020

Covid-19: Increase in social grants not good enough, say critics

Activists and academics say government’s grant increases are a “way of appearing generous while actually reducing the disaster relief budget”

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News | 29 April 2020