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Brace yourselves for the worst or act – now!

Article Liv Tørres & Sharan Burrow - 9 Apr 2020

Revolutions have grown out of less — millions of people without salaries are not going to sit quietly, watching elites live undisturbed

Unemployment in South Africa is worse than you think

Article Dennis Webster - 5 Aug 2019

The unemployment figures in Statistics South Africa’s latest quarterly report are shocking, but 3.5-million people are missing from the official count

UN agency adopts convention on harrassment at work

Article Charlene May - 29 Jun 2019

The convention is critical in terms of promoting and protecting the rights of working women

Informal economies are diverse

Article Mike Rogan - 12 Apr 2019

South African policies need to recognise thi

Hope for domestic workers

Article Musawenkosi Cabe - 24 Jan 2019

Proposed new legislation would make it possible for domestic workers to claim compensation for injury, illness or death on the job

Labour law redefines parenthood

Article Amrita Pande - 29 Nov 2018

The definition includes adoptive parents and commissioning parents in surrogacy cases

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‘Don’t punish teachers for a broken system’ — Equal Education

Article Sarah Smit - 24 Jul 2018

The organisation wants to defend teachers’ right to strike in its submission to the essential services committee

Making the Business Case for Gender Equality

Article Staff Reporter - 28 Feb 2018

Gender parity is both an economic and a moral imperative

Hidden agenda?

Article Staff Reporter - 31 Jan 2011

Work, ideally, should be decent. Respectable work in a safe environment with adequate remuneration is a goal to which most people aspire.

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Coronavirus

‘Lockdown quarter’ sees jobs bloodbath

Sarah Smit - 29 Sep 2020

The decline in employment has been accompanied by a larger increase in economic inactivity, resulting in a 42% expanded unemployment rate

National

Housing activists want probe into City of Cape Town ‘spying’

Lester Kiewit - 26 Sep 2020

The City of Cape Town admits it monitors the social-media pages of housing activists but denies that this is spying, as tensions surrounding land occupations increase

National

No ‘I’ in team – but there is an ‘EA’

Eyaaz Matwadia - 26 Sep 2020

With internet lag keeping them from global competition, local gamers have settled on a format for EA’s FIFA 2020 allows 11 people to play as a team. And the prize money in local leagues is growing. Eyaaz Matwadia boots up for the first instalment of Gaming Corner

Press Releases

Special Reports

UNISA hosts its first TEDx event

[email protected] - 26 Sep 2020

The Elephant in the Room Tedx event at UNISA will help to create meaningful change in South Africa through the power of ideas

Special Reports

SA’s SEZs create decent jobs

special reports - 25 Sep 2020

The Special Economic Zone programme is used as a critical tool for accelerating the country’s industrial development agenda

Special Reports

The new normal in tourism is business unusual

special reports - 25 Sep 2020

Innovation and changing trends have kept some tour operators in the green, though most have struggled during the tight lockdown

Special Reports

TENDER NO. BOBS 05/2020 PROVISION OF CERTIFICATION SERVICES TO BOTSWANA BUREAU OF STANDARDS QUALITY MANAGEMENT SERVICES

special reports - 25 Sep 2020

The Botswana Bureau of Standards (BOBS) invites tenders from reputable companies for the provision of certification services

Special Reports

The Galaxy Z Fold2 smartphone breaks all the rules

special reports - 25 Sep 2020

The Galaxy Z Fold2 has meaningful innovations that offer users enhanced refinements and some unique foldable user experiences

Special Reports

Adventures, ghost tours and big skies await visitors to the Cape Winelands

special reports - 23 Sep 2020

All of the CWDM destinations are accessible within a 30- to 120-minute drive from Cape Town, creating real value for money

Special Reports

SingularityU Online Summit to contribute to SME growth in 2020

special reports - 23 Sep 2020

The global speakers lined up for this year's event will address the challenges and opportunities specifically facing small businesses

Special Reports

Policy priorities lie with urgent economic reforms

special reports - 23 Sep 2020

Professor Raymond Parsons believes that business and consumer sentiment in South Africa would both benefit from even lower borrowing costs