Survive

President Cyril Ramaphosa says the new Budget will boost growth, protect the poor and pour more than R1 trillion into infrastructure over three years.

Faced with rising unemployment, Itumeleng Modiba started his own juice brand to survive tough economic times and avoid depending on unstable jobs.

South Africans battling high food prices and rent may soon turn to brothers and sisters for financial help through maintenance courts.

A Mokgoloboto man earns up to R3,000 daily selling locusts to motorists, turning a seasonal pest into income during tough living conditions.

Children, youth, women, the elderly and people with disabilities are still the most affected by poverty and hunger in South Africa, a Stats SA report shows.

After sending CVs with no response, a 45-year-old Eastern Cape woman spotted a gap and started her own business chopping vegetables for families holding ceremonies.

Ongoing water shortages in Doornkop and surrounding areas are pushing more residents to use Zoe Mtwana's laundromat, which now earns her about R11,000 a month.

Most social grants will increase in the new financial year, but the Covid-19 Social Relief of Distress grant stays at R370 a month.

Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana has told Parliament that R848.2-billion will be spent in the next few years on peace, security and border protection.

Informal trader Aaron Chirwa has worked at Kerk Street in Johannesburg's CBD since 2010 but is still waiting for his trading permit from the city.

The Gauteng Department of Health is calling for public comment on planned increases to patient fees at state clinics and hospitals. 

A 26-year-old man from Lusikisiki in the Eastern Cape lost both parents last year and now works to feed and care for his two siblings.