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A new study says South Africa's clothing industry could create more than 34,000 jobs, but rising costs, crime and poor infrastructure are in the way.

Nearly half of the foods in the average low-income household basket are still subject to VAT.

A Motherwell poultry seller says the hardest part of her business is not raising chickens. It is chasing customers who owe her money at month end.

New figures show the Eastern Cape now has the highest combined unemployment rate in South Africa, with more than half the workforce out of work.

Two major unions have rejected Eskom's 6% salary offer, saying workers who ended load shedding deserve far more than the power utility is offering.

A Soweto family insures each other for R30,000 funeral payouts to settle debts, pay off loans and build new businesses after losing loved ones.

Two mothers sell food at a busy Gqeberha taxi rank every day, working long hours to support their children as prices keep rising.

A 45-year-old Eastern Cape man quit his security guard job in Cape Town after being attacked and robbed four times and now cuts grass for a living. 

Telkom has asked the communications regulator to let it set up free Wi-Fi at 171 government community centres instead of keeping old pay phones.

South Africa ranks 67th out of 100 countries for cheap mobile data, with 27 other African nations offering better prices, new data shows.

GEMS announced a 9.8% medical aid contribution increase. FEDUSA says hundreds of thousands of workers employed in critical and essential public services will be affected.

While some staple grains became cheaper over the past year, sugar prices continued to rise.