As jobs disappear from the coal belt, Middelburg’s economy is buckling. Unpaid rates, collapsing businesses and stalled transition support are deepening the crisis
The treasury also did not allocate new funds to other struggling state-owned entities such as Denel, Transnet, the Land Bank and the South African National Roads Agency
In this financial year’s budget, Parliament did not allocate funding for the South African Post Office, which is waiting for a R3.8 billion tranche
Workers at coal-fired power stations in Mpumalanga remain concerned despite assurances that the transition will be just
Broken abstraction pumps at the Eastern basin treatment plant mean that water supply may become contaminated, posing a serious threat
For the next three months we all must critically engage with the education sector to halt the flood of a generation slipping through.
Workers in Africa, Asia, the Middle East and the western Pacific will be most affected if temperatures continue to rise.
The industry has lost 23 000 jobs since 2012, according to a Statistics South Africa census
The unrest in Gauteng and KwaZulu-Natal has deepened the country’s unemployment crisis as the government mulls additional relief funding
Ending the lockdown is a policy both Trump and Biden voters could agree on
Amid the overnight, worldwide crash of the air travel industry, a group of retrenched SA Express employees have an ambitious plan to raise R250-million in seed funding to buy the…
After months of the strictest Covid-19 restrictions in the world, it seems we are in line for a further easing of the regulations
The pandemic has caused 50 000 businesses in the sector to temporarily close, putting 600 000 jobs at risk
About 3-million South Africans have lost their jobs during the lockdown. Lester Kiewit talks to people waiting for work on the side of the road in Cape Town
The ban on alcohol sales does not only affect liquor companies — it ripples lethally through other related businesses such as the bottle and packaging industry, which, if it…
The fund has been selling assets to make Temporary Employer/Employee Relief Scheme payouts
The government has zeroed in on youth unemployment, but the coronavirus pandemic threatens to leave young people even more vulnerable than before
Government’s response to the coronavirus is unlikely to counteract the expected sharp decline of the country’s gross domestic product
With large-scale job losses on the horizon here and around the world, the Covid- 19 pandemic has put the vulnerability of workers in sharp focus
It’s perfectly normal for the ongoing stress of load-shedding and water outages to leave you feeling blue
