An internship can improve your chances of finding work, but it is not a guarantee, says labour economist Professor Derick Blaauw, as South Africa's youth unemployment rate sits at 47.4%.

Gaudencia Dube works full time in Johannesburg and runs a nail studio on weekends, after her monthly budget showed her salary alone was not enough.

Tirhani Mashau, 62, quit her job after 23 years when her provident fund fell short, and turned a difficult decision into work for three women.

Eskom made R30.3 billion in profit this year. It didn't come from selling more electricity, sales actually dropped. It came from what you're now paying per unit.

A 21-year-old Johannesburg learner stood at a Lenasia traffic light asking strangers for matric dance money. His story has since grown into a fund helping other struggling students too.

South Africa is heading into one of the hottest, driest summers in years, the Weather Service warns, and it could be even worse than the drought of 2015/16.

Suspended Crime Intelligence deputy head Feroz Khan has lost his Labour Court bid to stop a disciplinary process that recommended he be fired.

Deputy Defence Minister Bantu Holomisa has asked President Ramaphosa to personally intervene in eNgcobo, where a shutdown over long-distance buses has closed schools and businesses.

Rising food prices are squeezing Yolanda Rakobela’s meal prep business, forcing her to raise some prices while customers also battle higher living costs.

Diesel, petrol and paraffin all go up from Wednesday. That lands on families already short by 48% on food, according to new PMBEJD data.

The 282 to 101 defeat of the EFF's motion against Didiza shows the GNU is growing stronger, and South Africa now needs that stability to deliver real reform, writes Zukile Majova in Real Politics.

Pastor Fumani Twala and seven women are using their own money and donations to help struggling families in South Africa and Mozambique.