“This is desperation. People are hungry out here. Situations like these are heartbreaking,” says Thahier Alli
News | 23 July 2021
Community soup kitchens say the number of people coming for food has increased in recent months
News | 23 July 2021
Activists have so far collected over 62,000 signatures to petition for the R350 grant to be reintroduced
By Liezl Human
Brief | 20 July 2021
People running the kitchens say termination of the R350 Covid grant in April is directly linked to the increased demand
News | 16 July 2021
The workers say they were employed as casuals from 2018 until June 2021
Brief | 9 July 2021
Immigrant traders supply miners with everything from water to socks
News | 7 July 2021
#PayTheGrants campaign members renew calls for government to reinstate the grant
News | 2 July 2021
“I thought I had grabbed a way of living … but I now live by scavenging from bins”
News | 1 July 2021
Restaurant staff left without any income as SA goes back to Level 4
News | 29 June 2021
Protesting unemployed security guards were demanding jobs with the Nelson Mandela Bay municipality
Brief | 24 June 2021
They have been demanding municipal jobs since 2019
Brief | 22 June 2021
They are demanding to be employed in local construction projects in their area
Brief | 17 June 2021
Brother and sister used to rely on Covid-19 grant
Brief | 17 June 2021
Nocawa Maneli of Gqeberha lives off pap and rice supplied by relatives
News | 9 June 2021
The City’s former employees want employment contracts, not the compensation awarded to them by the Labour Court
By Masego Mafata and Julia Evans
News | 26 May 2021
“Artists are not seen as employees but as freelancers” says performer
By Julia Evans
Brief | 20 May 2021