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Under the two-year pilot scheme, 100 unemployed technical college graduates have got a monthly grant of R2 000 since October 2022. (Supplied)
CASH TRANSFER PROJECT

Basic income grant project helps youths find jobs and livelihoods

Under the two-year pilot scheme, 100 unemployed technical college graduates have got a monthly grant of R2 000 since October 2022 This content is restricted to registered users…

  • Lyse Comins
1 min read
Some of the conditions in which the July unrest occurred have abated but others, such as the spiralling cost of living, have worsened
2021 JULY RIOTS

A year after the riots, South Africa is a tinderbox waiting to be lit

Some of the conditions in which the July unrest occurred have abated but others, such as the spiralling cost of living, have worsened

  • Sarah Smit
7 min read
How much is your chicken? (Photo by David Silverman/Getty Images)
FOOD PRICES

South Africa’s middle class endures rising cost of living

The financially stretched middle class is teetering on the brink as fuel and food prices gnaw at their disposable incomes

  • Sarah Smit
10 min read