May 16

• Continent Must Diversify to Create More Jobs - Okonjo-Iweala [interview]

  IMF

  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... Read more »

• 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... Read more »

• Marching is for Everyone [analysis]

  iMaverick

  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. Read more »

• ANC Youth League Blames DA for March Clashes

  SAPA

  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. Read more »

• Health Workers Suspend Strike

  Daily Trust

  The national strike embarked upon by the Joint Health Sector Unions (JOHESU) was on Monday suspended till July 31, with the National Executive Council of the union asking its... Read more »

• DA Versus Cosatu - Any Victors? [analysis]

  iMaverick

  Now that the dust has settled in Braamfontein and the blue tide has retreated back over the bridge, we wonder what exactly the point of all of that was. Who won? The DA's march to... Read more »

• 435 Sacked Teachers in Kaduna to Be Reinstated

  Daily Trust

  The Kaduna State chapter of the Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT) yesterday said the state government would reinstate the 435 teachers recently disengaged from service. Read more »

• Cosatu Hostility 'Justified'

  SAPA

  The hostility displayed by Cosatu members during a DA march in the Johannesburg city centre on Tuesday was justified, the trade federation said. Read more »

• Doctors Sack - Fashola, ACN Must Account for Causalities - PDP

  Vanguard

  The South West zone of PDP on Tuesday berated the Lagos State Governor, Mr Babatunde Fashola over the ongoing crisis in the State health sector. Read more »

• 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... Read more »

• Amathila Vows to Protect Children in Domestic Industry

  New Era

  The first-ever Wages Commission for Domestic Workers was inaugurated at a lodge outside the capital on Monday. Read more »

• NAC Strike Postponed to Next Week

  New Era

  The planned strike at the Namibia Airports Company (NAC) scheduled for yesterday, has been postponed to Monday next week. Read more »

• Demystifying Void Job Contracts [opinion]

  The Herald

  A contract of employment is an agreement entered into between an employer and an employee at the time the employee is hired that outlines the exact nature of their business... Read more »

• Democratic Alliance Condemns COSATU Violence at Youth Wage Subsidy March [press release]

  DA

  Today we marched for a Youth Wage Subsidy that would create more than 420 000 new jobs for young South Africans. Read more »

• Napwu, Municipality Lock Horns Over Audit

  Namibian

  THE City of Windhoek and the Namibian Public Workers Union (Napwu) are at each others throats over the payment of a forensic audit carried out at the Solid Waste Management... Read more »

• First Lady's Efforts to Curb Child Labor [document]

  U.S. Embassy Abidjan

  A front-page report in L'Expression says that Ivorian First Lady Dominique Ouattara's personal involvement in efforts aimed at curbing child labor in Cote d'Ivoire has saved the... Read more »

• Employing Women Should Be Law

  Namibian

  THE Affirmative Action Act should be amended to force the public and private sectors to employ more women. Read more »

• Sex Workers Differ With KK On Legalising Prostitution

  Namibian

  THE Executive Director of the largest sex workers organisation in the country, Rights Not Rescue, Nicodemus 'Mama Africa' Aochamub says that decriminalising prostitution is better... Read more »

• NAC Staff to Wait for Dispute Outcome

  Namibian

  GENERAL Secretary of the Namibia Transport and Allied Workers Union (Natau), John Kwedhi, yesterday confirmed that plans to strike by Namibia Airports Company (NAC) workers were... Read more »

• Professionals Here to Stay, Shows Survey

  Namibian

  THE majority of Namibian professionals are "strongly" confident about remaining in Namibia, with an average confidence level of 87,6 per cent recorded in the first PPS Namibia... Read more »

• Military Pensioners Cry to Jonathan

  Leadership

  Disturbed by the delay in the payment of the 53 per cent of 2010 pension arrears to them by the Federal Government, the military pensioners under the aegis of the Nigerian Military... Read more »

• Minimum Wage - States Are Complying, Says Wogu

  Leadership

  The Minister of Labour and Productivity, Chief Emeka Wogu, on Tuesday denied that the states were not paying the new minimum wage of N18,000 signed into law in 2011 by President... Read more »

• NBA to Mediate Lagos Govt, Striking Doctors' Impasse

  Vanguard

  The Nigerian Bar Association, NBA, has offered to mediate in the face-off between striking doctors in public hospitals in Lagos State and the state government. Read more »

• Mkapa Foundation Advocates Better Health Workers Management

  Daily News

  Like many other African countries, Tanzania needs to enhance health sector workforce management and leadership so that the country can have more skilled and motivated health... Read more »

• Over 500,000 Jobs Provided From 2009 to 2011

  ANGOP

  At least 596,176 jobs were created countrywide in the 2009/2011 period in various sectors registered with the Ministry of Public Administration, Employment and Social Security... Read more »