Survive

A civil engineer from Limpopo started her own clothing brand that now helps 15 resellers earn income.

Rebecca Mabunda opened Step Ahead Academy day care in Tzaneen during tough economic times to support her family while creating jobs and helping local parents.

A woman from Lusikisiki in the Eastern Cape turned to coating mud houses for survival after losing her job at municipal food containers last year.

The government looks set to spend less money than it budgeted for 2026, which would be the first time this has happened in years of overspending.

South Africa could face load shedding again around 2030 if Eskom cannot bring new gas power stations online on time to replace the retiring coal plants.

A Gqeberha grandmother says loan sharks took her bank card and identity book after she borrowed money to buy food for her large unemployed family.

A man from Lusikisiki in the Eastern Cape makes mud bricks to feed his family and to stop his wife from asking neighbours for food.

Petrol, diesel and paraffin will be cheaper from Wednesday, 4 February, but people using LPG gas will pay 31 cents more per kilogram this month.

Pepkor's FoneYam phone rental service has grown to 2.3 million users, but customers end up paying almost double what the phones actually cost in cash.

January school expenses are squeezing household budgets, leaving families with even less money to spend on food at the start of the year.

Soweto residents are joining funeral grocery stokvels to help with the cost of feeding mourners during funeral preparations that can last up to two weeks.

Amandla Nozewu from Humansdorp turned just R200 into a wig washing and making business that is now her only source of income for her survival.