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South Africa's average income per person is now lower than it was in 2007, recent statistics show, despite high hopes after joining BRICS in 2010.

Volkswagen has denied claims it will close its Kariega factory in the Eastern Cape, where nearly 4,000 workers build cars for local and export markets.

Foot-and-mouth disease has hit up to 90% of cattle herds in KwaZulu-Natal. Farmers cannot sell their animals, feed their families or keep their businesses alive.

Ghanaian migrant Edson Addo worked at various salons for nearly two years before opening his own salon business in his Dube rental house in January.

A 25-year-old woman from Cape Town supports her mother and two siblings by doing hair from home after her mother fell sick and stopped working.

Chicken prices increased again in January, adding pressure to households that depend on it as their main source of protein.

Over twenty Soweto mothers sell spicy cow heels and heads known as babalaze remedy through the night between 10pm and 4am to support their families.

A workers union says the proposed national minimum wage increase is an insult that leaves poor families unable to afford food, transport and electricity.

A 35-year-old former drug addict from Cape Town was nearly killed by the community for stealing but now sells affordable muffins and feeds his family.

The National Energy Regulator of South Africa has approved R54.7-billion in additional revenue for Eskom, leading to electricity price increases for consumers and municipalities.

New research shows hunger is a permanent reality for struggling South African households, with children exposed to severe food insecurity despite food assistance programmes.

Small-scale fishers told the South African Human Rights Commission that survival is getting harder each year, with dropping fish prices and rising costs.