The Mineworkers Union of Namibia has given Skorpion Zinc Mine notice of an industrial stayaway effective today at midnight.

Calls for the trial of former President Olusegun Obasanjo over alleged corrupt practices swelled across the nation yesterday as different rallies were organised in Abuja and Kaduna by the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and the Coalition of Northern Nigeria Civil Society Organisations, calling on President Umaru Musa Yar'Adua to prosecute Obasanjo and his daughter, Senator Iyabo Obasanjo-Bello.

The President and Secretary General of the Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions will spend the weekend in police custody, after the state deliberately delayed their appearance in court Friday.

The Minister of Labour Samuel Kofi Woods says the Government of Liberia is committed to securing a conducive Labour environment for investment while at the same time ensuring that the dignity and rights of workers are protected in the country.

NINE workers yesterday sustained serious burns following an explosion at Konkola Copper Mine (KCM) Nkana smelter in Kitwe.

Some of the things happening in this country today defy explanations.

Quite humiliating for a sovereign country like ours is to see our nationals flock to diplomatic missions to seek help over domestic matters we can solve ourselves.

The Minister of Labor Atty. Samuel Kofi Woods, II says: "The government of Liberia is committed to securing a conducive labor environment for investment while at the same time ensuring that the dignity and right workers are protected in the country".

THE 2008/09 national budget will focus on employment and job creation, finance minister Dr. Ezra Suruma said yesterday at Parliament

THE Government should set a minimum wage so that employees are not at the mercy of employers, according to the opposition UPC party.

Two Kumba based taxi drivers, Tobias Fonven and Epie Eka Njume, who are vying to become the president of the Kumba Township Taxi Drivers Association, KUTTADRA, were detained on May 2, for instigating a strike action.

The establishment Secretary of Sierra Leone Thursday said the civil service in the country lacks the capacity to carry out its duties.

The Government has released Sh160 million to clear salary arrears for nurses who worked for the Clinton Foundation.

A Cabinet minister has proposed that the retirement age for civil servants be raised from 55 to 60 years.

WORKERS at Skorpion Zinc Mine in the South are set to down tools today.

IF GOD decided on how fast a country would grow based on its virtues, SA would be growing faster than China. Since 1994, the country has been able to replace a system that denied basic economic and political rights to the majority of its people with a true democracy.

Somewhere in the Uganda Police Force is a highly trained homicide investigator who, word has, it is working at the police gas station.

LAST WEEK'S THREAT BY NURSES to strike has triggered debate as to why nursing professionals in developing countries are migrating to wealthier nations.

More than 500 tea workers who fled multinational tea estates in Nandi following post-election violence have been asked to return to their work stations.

Realising that multiplicity of taxes has been one of the biggest impediments to voluntary compliance by taxpayers, the Federal Government vowed to work with the Joint Tax Board to encourage the States' Internal Revenue Boards to initiate necessary legislation to fight this menace.

The Edo State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has blasted the AC governorship candidate, Mr. Adams Oshiomhole, for denouncing Governor Oserheimen Osunbor as a 419 officer over his approval of 15 percent salary increase for workers.

The House Committee on Health and Social Welfare is appealing to medical workers to abandon their strike action which has paralyzed activities at the G.W. Harley Hospital in Sanniquellie, Nimba County.

THE deaths of nine workers at Gold Fields' South Deep mine on Workers Day last week have brought the issue of mine safety to the fore yet again.

Cabinet is due to convene an emergency session to discuss the deepening financial troubles afflicting Makerere University and save the public institution another embarrassing strike by lecturers over pay disputes.

As late as two decades ago, employment in the civil service was highly coveted.