Maverick News Funding for public employment programmes fails to keep pace with growing number of job-seekers By Lerato Mutsila
South Africa Voices against VAT: Protesters propose wealth tax, funding of SARS to alleviate financial burden on the poor By Suné Payne and Victoria O'Regan
South Africa Civil society slams pulled Budget, implores Treasury to ‘put poor first’ in revenue-raising plans By Lerato Mutsila
South Africa ‘Down with austerity,’ say SA trade unions and civil society organisations before Budget Speech By Tamsin Metelerkamp
South Africa UCT faces campus shutdown as protesting students demand housing and fee block reforms By Takudzwa Pongweni
South Africa NSFAS board finally appointed in effort to fix financial and governance crises By Takudzwa Pongweni
South Africa Young people have been seriously let down — nobody chooses a life where you have to ask for a handout, says Minister Gwarube By Lisakanya Venna
South Africa This week — discussions on NSFAS failures, women’s land struggles, and the impact of court decisions on human rights By Takudzwa Pongweni
Op-eds Hey politicians, it’s time to pack away the election playbook and get to work By Kristal Duncan-Williams, Clotilde Angelucci, Fentse Malatji and Siba Nobandla
South Africa This week — Freedom Day, food justice and Marshalltown Fire Justice Campaign march By Takudzwa Pongweni
Op-eds Giving jobless young people an in into the labour market via short-term public employment By Kristal Duncan-Williams and Clotilde Angelucci