August 28, 2013
Tanzania: Group Shines Spotlight On Mines Over Child Labour
Thousands of children, some as young as eight years old, are working in Tanzania's small-scale gold mines, exposed to numerous health risks, says a report published today. Read more »
May 16, 2013
Africa: Governance Gets New Emphasis At Economic Forum
The call for transparency and good governance across Africa is not a new one, but it assumed a new prominence at this month's World Economic Forum (WEA) regional meeting for… Read more »
May 14, 2013
Africa: Boosting Youth Employment Through Digital Jobs
The announcement by the Rockefeller Foundation of an initiative to create jobs in Africa focusing on the digital field has been lauded as an important strategy by Jack Leslie,… Read more »
May 02, 2013
Kenya: Award-Winning Activist Mwangi Arrested
The twittersphere in Kenya was abuzz after the arrest of political activist and award-winning photojournalist Boniface Mwangi during a protest at a Workers' Day event. Read more »
February 20, 2013
Malawi: Striking Workers Threaten to Close Airport - Report
Striking civil servants in Malawi have threatened government with the closure of the country's main airport in the capital, Lilongwe, according to Agence France-Presse (AFP). Read more »
September 10, 2012
South Africa: Farming Grows Jobs and Profits
While small-scale agriculture has been earmarked by the South African government as a sector with the potential to create jobs and stimulate economic growth, small-scale farmers… Read more »
September 05, 2012
South Africa: Target Local Markets, Smallholder Farmers Told
Farmers who grow food on smallholdings should target local, informal markets to sell their produce, a conference on strategies to overcome poverty and inequality in South Africa… Read more »
September 04, 2012
South Africa: Unemployed Youth Hungry for Development, Says Researcher
Unemployed, ill-educated youth in rural areas are eager to take part in development initiatives in their local communities which are ravaged by poverty and debt. Read more »
August 31, 2012
South Africa: Marikana Killings a Wake-Up Call, Says Union Founder
South Africans need calm heads to examine what caused the slaughter of 44 workers and police officers at the Marikana mine. The judicial commission of inquiry appointed by… Read more »
March 08, 2012
South Africa: Thousands of Workers Protest in Cape Town
Trade unions and workers today marched through the streets of Cape Town, as part of a national campaign by the Congress of South African Trade Unions (Cosatu), demanding the… Read more »
June 13, 2011
Botswana: Civil Servants Suspend Strike
Civil servants in Botswana have suspended their eight-week-long strike, unions and government have confirmed. Read more »
May 20, 2011
Eswatini: Deep Cuts in Govt Payroll Threatened
The International Monetary Fund has suggested that the Swaziland government, already facing protests from its citizens, may have to slash the government payroll by U.S. $35… Read more »
April 12, 2011
Eswatini: Govt Cracks Down on Protesters
Swazi authorities cracked down on union and opposition activists on Tuesday in an attempt to crush anti-government protests which democracy campaigners called for this week. Read more »
March 17, 2011
Eswatini: Protesters Plan to Bring Capital to Standstill
Civil society and union activists will join students in a mass protest against the Swazi government on Friday. Read more »
August 31, 2010
South Africa: Govt Improves Pay Offer in Bid to End Strike
South African government negotiators have improved their pay offer to civil servants in a bid to end a crippling nation-wide strike which has lasted for more than two weeks. Read more »
March 04, 2010
Cape Verde: Film Exposes Portugal's Exploitative Labour Practices in Africa
The 2010 Pan African Film Festival (PAFF) in Los Angeles featured the world premier of Contract by Cape Verdean filmmaker Guenny K. Pires. Read more »
September 22, 2009
Africa: Continent's Leaders Hold Talks With Obama at UN
African issues will be in the spotlight Tuesday when President Barack Obama hosts a luncheon for some two dozen African heads of state and government at the United Nations on the… Read more »
June 05, 2009
South Africa: Zuma's Half-Million Jobs is Wishful Thinking
In President Jacob Zuma's first address to the South African Parliament on the state of the nation this week, he promised to create half a million jobs in the next six months. It… Read more »
May 20, 2008
Zimbabwe: Weapons Not Delivered, Says Union
The international union federation which has been tracking a Chinese arms shipment to Zimbabwe said Tuesday the weapons have not been delivered. Read more »
April 21, 2008
Zimbabwe: Unions Mobilize to Stop Weapons
The governments of both Mozambique and Tanzania have refused to allow a Chinese ship carrying weapons for Zimbabwe to offload its cargo in their ports, a South African… Read more »
April 18, 2008
South Africa: Workers Vow to Stop Zimbabwe Weapons
South African union members vowed on Friday to stop the delivery to Zimbabwe of a consignment of weapons from China which reportedly includes three million rounds of small arms… Read more »
April 09, 2008
Africa: Taking From the Poor, Giving to the Rich
Sub-Saharan Africa has 24 percent of the global disease burden but only three percent of the world's health workers, according to the World Health Organization. Dorothy Ngoma,… Read more »
February 20, 2008
Liberia: Prosecution Witness Describes RUF Use of Civilian Forced Labor
The monitors of former President Charles Taylor's trial report for www.charlestaylortrial.org Read more »
December 04, 2007
South Africa: Miners Launch Strike Over Safety
Tens of thousands of South African miners held a one-day strike today in support of demands for safer working conditions. Read more »
June 27, 2007
South Africa: Mbeki Defends Economic Policies
South African President Thabo Mbeki has opened a landmark policy conference of the ruling African National Congress (ANC) by defending his policies against criticism from the left… Read more »