Reclaimers have not been deemed essential workers amid the Covid-19 lockdown, threatening their already precarious livelihoods. But they will not let each other starve
Mister Sweet workers say they will not risk their health, and the lives of others, to continue producing and packaging confectionaries
‘It was hard to survive without performance’
Last week, the International Labour Organisation warned that the economic fallout of the coronavirus outbreak would have a devastating effect on global working poverty
Last week community health workers were described as ‘troops on the ground’. But these front-line workers say they don’t have resources to fight Covid-19 if it rages through townships
Almost three million workers are not covered by measures implemented by the department of employment and labour to lessen the economic effects of the coronavirus
What it means for workers, students, shops, pensioners — all the details
Sisi Ntombela has announced the cancellation of all big events in the wake of the coronavirus outbreak
In addition to other measures, the province’s response the outbreak of the coronavirus will be to ‘sort out’ the public healthcare system
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