MANUFACTURING SECTOR ANALYSIS Absa PMI up slightly, but employment index drops sharply 2 min 0 By Ed Stoddard
MTBPS Mini budget - Economic growth forecasts remain dire, casting doubt on debt reduction targets 3 min 1 By Ed Stoddard
FIXING THE ECONOMY OP-ED The Medium-Term Budget Policy Statement needs to break with our recent and current failed national fiscal strategy 4 min 2 By Zimbali Mncube and Vuyisiwe Mahafu
BUILDING ON HOPE Small town, big ambitions – a glimmer of hope for Prince Albert’s lost generation 5 min 2 By Angus Begg
GROUNDUP Protesters shut down Limpopo shopping mall demanding jobs for community members 2 min 5 By Bernard Chiguvare for GroundUp
CRIME BLITZ Hundreds of law enforcement officers descend on Cape Town’s Philippi East in joint operation 4 min 4 By Velani Ludidi
IN THE BALANCE OP-ED, PART FOUR The false economy of means-tested and conditional income support 5 min 1 By Hein Marais
AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION Biggest threat to food security in SA is ‘lack of subsistence farming’ - panel warns 3 min 1 By Onke Ngcuka
EMPLOYMENT DATA South Africa shed 119,000 jobs in second quarter - Statistics SA 3 min 1 By Ed Stoddard
FOOD JUSTICE PART ONE South African food systems and climate change – is low-carbon food security pie in the sky? 7 min 0 By Adèle Sulcas
IN THE BALANCE OP-ED, PART TWO The crisis of waged work reinforces the need for a universal basic income 4 min 3 By Hein Marais
OPED IN THE BALANCE PART ONE A basic income for everyone – the idea that won’t go away 6 min 0 By Hein Marais
FEMICIDE OP-ED South African men — world champions in violence and the murder of women, says Catholic bishop Sithembele Sipuka 4 min 1 By Russell Pollitt
GROUNDUP Leaked documents show how government wants to tackle social security and unemployment 7 min 1 By James Stent for GroundUp
ECONOMIC OUTLOOK SA's manufacturing sector picks up steam in July, but still in a rut 2 min 0 By Ed Stoddard
SOCIAL RELIEF OF DISTRESS OP-ED Government proposals to replace the SRD grant will exclude millions of poor people, and be unconstitutional 6 min 2 By Neil Coleman, Carilee Osborne and Zimbali Mncube
GROUNDUP OP-ED Exploitation of car guards in South Africa must be challenged 4 min 0 By John Foster, Mihalis Chasomeris and Derick Blaauw
OP-ED We urgently need to change how our food is produced, distributed, wasted and consumed to avoid climate chaos 8 min 1 By Andrew Bennie
