Economy

Zimbabwe domestic workers’ secret Wi-Fi sales

Thandi sells bandwidth while "Madam" is at work

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Feature | 10 November 2016

School children bunk classes to make gold

Parents complain illegal miners lure their kids with easy money

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Feature | 4 November 2016

“They’re stealing the sport”

An in-depth look at the changing face of traditional horse racing in the Eastern Cape - Part Three

Text by Christopher Clark. Photos by Masixole Feni.

Feature | 2 November 2016

Why National Minumum Wage negotiations are deadlocked

Are business negotiators representing the best interests of their constituency?

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Analysis | 25 October 2016

Station deck traders complain about drug dealers

“Our customers are afraid”

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News | 11 October 2016

Getting a shoe in with business

Asinazo Mzimeli has started a shoe-making business in her shack in Philippi

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News | 23 September 2016

How does an illegal gold miner get money across the border?

A new breed of money couriers has earned the trust of immigrants shut out of formal banking

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News | 23 September 2016

Constitutional Court ends shady practice by creditors

From now on judges must approve deductions against salaries by creditors

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Law | 20 September 2016

Leticha and the debt trap

A case study of how vulnerable people are preyed upon

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Feature | 15 September 2016

The economics of African women’s hair

School protests for rule changes are not only about race and identity

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Analysis | 15 September 2016

Why the Hawks don’t have a case against Gordhan

An explanation of the law

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Law | 25 August 2016

The night run: how Zimbabwean traders are dodging suffocating import restrictions

"We are poor. We will go naked if we are prevented from importing cheap garments for resale."

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Feature | 25 August 2016

Kalk Bay’s fishers battle for permits

Fishers risk “limb and neck to get that fish and to put something on the table”

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Photo Essay | 15 August 2016

BASF workers on strike because of dispute over back pay

Workers say that they are owed money for first half of 2016

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News | 12 August 2016

Recyclers say how their lives could be made easier

Waste pickers in Khayelitsha ask for designated landfills

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News | 29 July 2016