Economy

Union calls on government to save steelworkers’ jobs

3,500 jobs at risk in the industry as ArcelorMittal considers retrenchments

Budget postponement is a “blessing in disguise” says COSATU

Hundreds marched in Cape Town ahead of budget announcement

Fresh outcry over hotel development next to historic Bo-Kaap mosque

Developers say the “goalposts keep moving”

Quick explainer: Interest rates and how they affect you

Quick explainer: Inflation and how it affects you

Minister moves to appoint National Gambling Board members after ten years

Board positions have been vacant since 2014

Activists welcome Treasury’s proposed minimum alcohol price

National Treasury has proposed tax increases to reduce harmful drinking

Why wage inequality matters

New legislation empowers shareholders to limit outrageous CEO remuneration

Opposition to open cast coal mining in Midvaal

For years residents have been objecting to the Springfield and Vlakfontein mining project

Packaging companies flout rules on waste picker payments

Waste pickers collect, sort and transport most of our recyclable waste, and regulations say they be must paid for their services

Donkey carts stand idle as tourism dies in Cederberg village

Heuningvlei was devastated by flooding for two consecutive years but the residents are determined to keep their town alive

How business can help end homelessness

Homelessness is a shared, fixable problem

Rooigevaar in Saldanha: residents say red dust from Transnet’s ore terminal is staining their homes and even their dogs

But Transnet says the dust falls below legal limits

R2,000 unconditional grant improves lives, KZN study finds

The Unconditional Cash Transfer Project gives monthly cash transfers to 100 unemployed graduates

Why the Woolies boss was paid 1,300 times as much as a shopfloor worker

Report by Just Share exposes pay gaps in the retail and wholesale sector

Small West Coast town is the world capital of this delicacy

In photos: Velddrif’s bokkom industry