Dennis Webster

Ruling deals crushing blow to zero-hours contracts

National Dennis Webster - 3 Dec 2020

Ferrero factory workers have won the first battle in what might become one of South Africa’s next wars on casual and precarious work

Xolobeni activist receives death threat

National Dennis Webster - 17 Nov 2020

In an environment where activism against mining is becoming increasingly deadly, Nonhle Mbuthuma’s life may be at risk

Covid-19 exacerbates old electricity struggle

Coronavirus Dennis Webster - 2 Sep 2020

The coronavirus lockdown has added new dimensions to a decades-long struggle for electricity in the far west of Soweto, where residents have challenged the situation fiercely in recent weeks

Relocation rears its head: Bringing de-densification home in Alexandra

Coronavirus Dennis Webster - 29 Jun 2020

About 1 600 families in the Stjwetla shack settlement in Alexandra, Johannesburg are standing on the verge of seismic change. This is one of their stories

Early-morning exercise: Jo’burg’s three golden hours

Coronavirus Dennis Webster - 2 Jun 2020

Under level four of the Covid-19 lockdown, the hours from 6am to 9am became the time when inner-city residents could use local parks to escape the nightmare around them

What happened to the Covid-19 special grant?

Business Dennis Webster - 27 May 2020

The newly established grant intended to bring informal economy workers into South Africa’s social security net during the lockdown has had a disastrous start

Not all of Jo’burg’s street traders can sell their wares under lockdown

Business Dennis Webster - 18 May 2020

Street traders are central to food security in Johannesburg. But since being declared an essential service under lockdown, street trade in South Africa’s biggest city has returned to uneven ground

SA’s richest 3 500 own more than the bottom 32-million

Article Dennis Webster - 27 Apr 2020

When people call South Africa the most unequal country in the world, they’re talking about income. Now, we have a clear picture of how unequally the country’s wealth is distributed

Alexandra’s black market for booze under lockdown

Article Dennis Webster - 15 Apr 2020

Underground liquor has a long history in South Africa. Its next chapter is being written under the nationwide Covid-19 lockdown

Jo’burg’s public transport systems not ready yet for coronavirus

Article Dennis Webster - 18 Mar 2020

Early studies suggest that the Covid-19 can survive up to three days in droplets that are coughed or sneezed on to surfaces

Moving towards undoing Joburg’s spatial apartheid

Article Dennis Webster - 4 Mar 2020

The Nodal Review might transform South Africa’s biggest city. Implementing the new policy, which has the potential to open wealthy suburbs to impoverished residents, is the challenge

Seven lean years in the Northern Cape

Article Dennis Webster - 18 Feb 2020

As the Karoo hopes for an end to its worst drought in a generation, the region’s history may hold important lessons for its future

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UNICEF vacancy announcement

The challenges and opportunities for manufacturing CFOs, now and in the future

Sona 2021: More talk without the actual walk?

Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) Solicitation

Unpacking the 2021 SoNA

Vacancy Announcement: Technical Advisor

Vaal river polluted ‘beyond acceptable levels’, cabinet must intervene – SAHRC

The Un-masking of South Africa’s Education System