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All of KwaZulu-Natal’s Covid-19 emergency spending has been centralised under the provincial treasury after the controversial purchase of R22-million of blankets by the social development department. (Delwyn Verasamy/M&G)
COUNTRY

Hawks bust another ‘horror’ factory

Authorities found that Jiebo Home Trading was not meeting safety standards or paying the minimum wage

  • Thando Maeko
7 min read
Hellish working conditions: The Beautiful City factory was raided by the department of labour earlier this month and six people were arrested. (Delwyn Verasamy/ M&G)
BEAUTIFUL CITY

The ugly face of Beautiful City

The factory owners took advantage of their foreign workers’ precarious status

  • Thando Maeko
7 min read
The outcome of the ANC’s long-awaited KwaZulu-Natal conference was a win for the Thuma Mina crowd. (Delwyn Verasamy/M&G)
BUSINESS

Retailers roped in to help ensure factory worker safety

Evidence shows that workers in Pakistan and China face greater workplace risks than those in Bangladesh.

  • Staff Reporter
3 min read
BANGLADESH

Bangladesh mayor suspended as building collapse death toll rises

The mayor of the Bangladesh municipality where a factory building collapsed and killed more than 400 people has been suspended, says a minister.

  • Ruma Paul
3 min read