Ferrero workers challenge zero hours contracts
Chocolate factory workers say employment contracts without guaranteed working hours have had devastating consequences for their lives. Now, they’re fighting back
Why South Africa is the world’s most unequal society
The label is used so often it runs the risk of monotony. A new report sheds light on the full, multidimensional nightmare of South African inequality
Unemployment in South Africa is worse than you think
The unemployment figures in Statistics South Africa’s latest quarterly report are shocking, but 3.5-million people are missing from the official count
The workers who won’t snitch
Despite a legal obligation to inform on their comrades, workers across the country are refusing to do so, resulting in dismissal
Gautengers move to shacks and gated estates
Shacks have increased by 204.7% and gated houses by 248.8%, showing a widening gap in the kinds of homes built in the country’s most populous province
Constantia leaves bitter aftertaste
Behind the facade of the renowned brand is alleged labour abuse and chemical misuse
Look to owners and state for ‘bad buildings’
The government has left housing in Jo’burg’s inner city in the hands of the private sector.
Clean sweep of the poor is not constitutional
In its bid to rid the city’s intersections of beggars and traders, Jo’burg is criminalising the poor.
