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Africa: Time for Radical Action on the Unemployment Crisis
[Fahamu] There are at least four million young people without jobs in South Africa. This is the country's worst crisis, yet some people still say that the ANC has done well with the economy.
AllAfrica | 18-May-2012 12:08

Nigeria: Reflections On the Lagos State Government's Onslaught On Doctors
[Fahamu] A recent crackdown on doctors in Nigeria is symptomatic of a wider state attack on the working class.
AllAfrica | 18-May-2012 12:08

Nigeria: Senate Probes Casual Staff Policy in Federal Colleges
[Leadership] The senate yesterday directed its committees on Education, Establishment and Labour to investigate the employment of casual teachers in federal government colleges across the country.
AllAfrica | 18-May-2012 10:25

Nigeria: Counsel's Change Stalls Sacked Workers' Suit
[Vanguard] Ikeja - Four years after 63 workers of Unilever Plc were sacked, their expectation for the commencement of the case, yesterday, before an Ikeja High Court, Lagos, was dashed, due to change of counsel.
AllAfrica | 18-May-2012 10:24

NBC Salary Hike Not Guaranteed
[Namibian] THE final decision for the, about 500, NBC employees to be granted a salary hike now lies in the hands of the Government.
AllAfrica | 18-May-2012 09:51

Nigeria: Payroll Software Uncovers Excess N14 Billion MDAs' Salaries
[Leadership] The new payroll software, Integrated Personnel & Payroll Information System (IPPIS), implemented by the federal government has helped uncover N14 billion excess funds for salary allocated to the various ministries, departments and agencies (MDAs) in the country.
AllAfrica | 18-May-2012 09:45

NBL Workers Still Claim Pension Payouts
[Namibian] FORMER workers of the Namibia Breweries Limited (NBL) are again demonstrating in front of the Carl List Mall on Independence Avenue to renew their claims for a pension payout from the company which they say is still outstanding since 1989.
AllAfrica | 18-May-2012 09:36

Namibia: Government Institutions Pension Fund's Assets Surpassed the N$50 Billion Mark
[Namibian] THE Government Institutions Pension Fund's (GIPF) market value has has grown in size more than four times over the past 10 years and has reached the N$50 billion mark at the end of 31 March this year.
AllAfrica | 18-May-2012 09:33

Nigeria: MWUN Tasks Workers On Smuggled Weapons
[Vanguard] Lagos - MARITIME Workers of Nigeria, MWUN, has charged workers in the sector, especially dockworkers, to be vigilant in the course of their duties and ensure that unscrupulous importers do not smuggle weapons through the ports into the country.
AllAfrica | 18-May-2012 08:40

Nigeria: Government Doctors Join Striking Colleagues in Lagos
[Vanguard] Ikeja - The face-off between the Lagos State Government and sacked 788 doctors, yesterday, took a dramatic turn, as doctors in federal hospitals in Lagos, said they will today embark on an indefinite solidarity strike.
AllAfrica | 18-May-2012 08:16

Zimbabwe: Chinese Should Respect Local Labour Laws
[MDC] The Labour based MDC Party continues to fight for a broad based upliftment of the people by ensuring that everyone has decent shelter, food, education, health care facilities and jobs.
AllAfrica | 18-May-2012 07:31

Uganda: Oil, Energy Attract More Cash, Jobs
[Observer] Prospects within Uganda's oil and energy sector continue to attract foreign interest, with the Uganda Investment Authority noting that a new crop of foreign investors - together with other players eying sectors like forestry - were licensed in the first quarter of this year, and are to create more than 6,000 jobs.
AllAfrica | 18-May-2012 06:10

Uganda: Govt Targets One Million Jobs
[Observer] Mbale - The Government in partnership with the Private Sector Foundation Uganda is targeting to create a million jobs by 2015 in an attempt to reduce the levels of unemployment in the country, the state minister for investment has said.
AllAfrica | 18-May-2012 05:48

6,000 Jobs Created
[New Vision] Uganda attracted $806.6m worth of planned investments in the first quarter of 2012. The development is largely attributed to the growing strength of emerging market countries clawing their way here.
AllAfrica | 17-May-2012 18:08

South Africa: Sisulu Announces Improved Salaries for Soldiers
[BuaNews] Pretoria - The salaries of South Africa's soldiers will be adjusted to recognise years of service in an effort to improve their low salaries and boost morale in the military, Defence and Military Veterans Minister Lindiwe Sisulu announced on Thursday.
AllAfrica | 17-May-2012 18:02

Guebuza Urges Culture of Work
[AIM] Maputo - Mozambican President Armando Guebuza on Thursday urged Mozambicans to commit themselves to work to increase production and productivity as the only way to achieve a better distribution of the gains won thanks to independence.
AllAfrica | 17-May-2012 17:27

Uganda: Kalangala's Health Services Limping As Workers Run Away
[Observer] At the beginning of the year, the ministry of Health posted a medical doctor to Kalangala district to fill a vacuum that had existed for several years.
AllAfrica | 17-May-2012 16:03

MPs Get Secret Pay Rise
[Observer] Lawmakers abolish constituency fund, but share the Shs 2.9 billion
AllAfrica | 17-May-2012 15:28

Teachers' Salaries - Who Is Hiding Their Head in the Sand?
[Observer] Last Thursday, the ministry of Education and Sports landed in a spot of bother after Parliament realized that their proposed budget for the next financial year did not reflect a promised 30% increment in teachers' salaries.
AllAfrica | 17-May-2012 15:28

South Sudan: At Last, There Is an Administrative Face in Nimule Border but Can This Resolve Issues of Unemployed Youth?
[Citizen] Last Tuesday, I happened to be in Nimule Border Checkpoint, on a trip to clear the newsprints for The Citizen and there one can see some improvements. At least there is a face of administration that one can call the government settings. I did not stay the usual longer hours to learn what brought the new face in what used to be known as deformed administration of our governments and their style of collecting revenues.
AllAfrica | 17-May-2012 15:15

South Africa: Nurses At Weskoppies Hospital Retake Their Pledge
[BuaNews] Pretoria - In a moving ceremony on Wednesday, nurses at Weskoppies Hospital rededicated themselves to their calling.
AllAfrica | 17-May-2012 14:32

South Africa: Department Hires Trainees to Boost Operations
[BuaNews] Pretoria - A total of 240 graduate trainees have been recruited by the Department of Water Affairs to help strengthen the institution's capacity.
AllAfrica | 17-May-2012 14:32

Govt Drums Up Support to Curb Youth Unemployment
[BuaNews] Pretoria - With the country celebrating Youth Day next month, Cabinet has urged the South African nation to rally behind government's efforts to find cost effective solutions to deal with the scourge of youth unemployment.
AllAfrica | 17-May-2012 14:32

Essar Strikes Munyati Power Deal
[The Herald] ESSAR Holdings, the majority shareholder in New- Zimsteel, has struck a deal to lease Zesa's Munyati power station to ensure reliable electricity supplies to its Redcliff steel plant, a Cabinet minister has said. Industry and Commerce Minister Welshman
AllAfrica | 17-May-2012 14:12

11 Kefalos Workers Served With Eviction Notices
[The Herald] Eleven workers who were dismissed by Kefalos Quality Dairy Produce in Beatrice in November last year for refusing to sign new contracts have been served with eviction notices from the farm compound. Kefalos sought the Chitungwiza Magistrates Court's services in evicting the workers, who have been given seven days to vacate the farm.
AllAfrica | 17-May-2012 14:02

Zimbabwe: Nurses to Undergo Midwifery Training
[The Herald] AT least 15 nurses in Mashonaland West will undergo a 12-month midwifery training course at Chinhoyi Hospital in efforts to boost the number of critical staff in the province. In an interview recently, Chinhoyi Provincial Hospital medical superintendent
AllAfrica | 17-May-2012 13:02

Africa: The State of the Media
[RFI] Zuma stands firm on SA's youth wage ... or does he? Are SA trade union's intolerant? Kenya lowers its growth hopes. And how safe are Uganda's anti-retrovirals?
AllAfrica | 17-May-2012 13:01

Zimbabwe: Quantification of Damages
[The Herald] The issue of the quantification of damages for loss of employment has resulted in disagreements between employers and workers, especially concerning the period the worker is entitled to be paid. It is a trite legal position, according to the Labour Act, that backpay and benefits are to be calculated from date of dismissal to the date of the first order ordering reinstatement (Ref. First Banking Corporation Ltd versus Balthazar Zindoga Marimo, SC 57/2005).
AllAfrica | 17-May-2012 12:19

Fired for Facebook Comments
[Biz-Community] These days we have technology at our fingertips. Smartphones mean that people have access to the internet wherever they are and the likes of Facebook and Twitter make sharing personal news with friends as simple as pressing a button, but users need to take care - what they send can spell trouble...
AllAfrica | 17-May-2012 11:18

Nigeria: Bafyau, Ex-Labour Chief, Bows Out, As Encomiums Pour in
[This Day] He had survived several attacks by neo-liberals as a renowned Labour leader, but on Tuesday night, he failed to survive a heart attack, as the battle by doctors to save his life was lost. And that has thrown the Labour community in the country into mourning.
AllAfrica | 17-May-2012 09:55

Nigeria: NLC, TUC Mourn Bafyau
[Daily Trust] Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) today expressed shock and sorrow at the death of its former president Comrade Paschal Myeleri Bafyau who died Tuesday by 11: 30 pm, in Abuja.
AllAfrica | 17-May-2012 09:49

South Africa: Transnet Looks to Create More Jobs
[BuaNews] Cape Town - Transnet is looking towards creating at least 200 000 jobs over the next six years, the Minister of Public Enterprises Malusi Gigaba said on Wednesday.
AllAfrica | 17-May-2012 09:47

Nigeria: Former NLC President, Pascal Bafyau Is Dead
[Vanguard] The former President of the Nigeria Labour Congress, Mr Pascal Bafyau, is dead. He died on Tuesday night in Abuja at the age of 65 years. He hailed from Adamawa State.
AllAfrica | 17-May-2012 09:36

Nigeria: NLC Expresses Shock Over Bafyau's Death
[Vanguard] Abuja - The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has expressed shock over the death of its former President Comrade Paschal Bafyau last Tuesday.
AllAfrica | 17-May-2012 09:36

Nigeria: NLC, FG, Mourn Bafyau
[Vanguard] Abuja - Tributes have continued to pour in for the late former NLC President, Comrade Paschal Bafyau who died in Abuja last Tuesday.
AllAfrica | 17-May-2012 09:36

Nigeria: Varsity Unions Demand Salary Increase By July
[Daily Trust] Senior Staff Association of Nigeria Universities (SSANU) said it will demand salary increment by July in accordance to an agreement with three university unions signed with Federal Government in 2009 which led to the suspension of a strike.
AllAfrica | 17-May-2012 09:30

Rwanda: Artisans Seek Cooperation to Boost Exports
[New Times] Local handcrafts dealers are pushing for an alliance to boost market access for their products through exports in a bid to balance the country's trade deficit.
AllAfrica | 17-May-2012 08:51

Nigeria: Paschal Bafyau - Labour Giant, Passes On!
[This Day] It is with shock and deep sorrow but with total submission to the Almighty, that the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) announces the passing away of its former President, Comrade Paschal Myeleri Bafyau.
AllAfrica | 17-May-2012 07:47

Bus Operators Defy Govt Directive On Contracts
[Daily News] DESPITE government directive on compulsory provision of employment contracts to upcountry bus drivers, hundreds of them are still working without the important document.
AllAfrica | 17-May-2012 06:04

Nigeria: Imo Specialist Hospital Workers' Begin Strike Over Irregular Payment of Salaries
[Vanguard] Owerri - Staff of Imo Specialist Hospital, Owerri, yesterday embarked on indefinite industrial action over irregular payment of salaries and anti-labour policies of the hospital management.
AllAfrica | 17-May-2012 05:47

Africa: Continent Must Diversify to Create More Jobs - Okonjo-Iweala
[IMF] Washington, DC - Arican countries should rebuild their fiscal buffers and diversify their economies away from commodities in order to protect themselves from another possible global downturn, says Nigerian Finance Minister Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala.
AllAfrica | 16-May-2012 19:41

Kenya: Confusion As Planned Dockworkers Strike Is Put On Hold
[The Star] The intended strike by the Dock Workers Union has been thrown into confusion as factions have emerged to oppose the strike as the secretary general announced that the strike had been put on hold. Addressing the press after holding prayers at the KPA's main entrance, Sang said they had decided to put off the strike after 'reading the law that allows for consultations'. "The Ministry of Labour has intervened and that is the reason we are putting the strike on hold. The management should know mistreatment of
AllAfrica | 16-May-2012 18:42

Namibia: Amathila Vows to Protect Children in Domestic Industry
[New Era] Windhoek - The first-ever Wages Commission for Domestic Workers was inaugurated at a lodge outside the capital on Monday.
AllAfrica | 16-May-2012 18:39

South Africa: Independent Twitchy Over Possible Retrenchments
[Biz-Community] Staff of the country's largest English language publishing group Independent News & Media SA (INMSA) remains fretful about possible job cuts despite an opaque denial by CEO Tony Howard.
AllAfrica | 16-May-2012 17:15

South Africa: Marching is for Everyone
[iMaverick] Johannesburg - If you can avoid the rocks, marching is an essential pastime for all South Africans, writes musical comedian DEEP FRIED MAN, who is not averse to the occasional toyi-toyi himself.
AllAfrica | 16-May-2012 17:00

South Africa: ANC Youth League Blames DA for March Clashes
[SAPA] Johannesburg May 16 - The ANC Youth League has blamed the DA for attacks that took place during a youth wage subsidy march organised by the opposition party in Johannesburg on Monday.
AllAfrica | 16-May-2012 16:49