Public service salaries will be reviewed in June with the least paid worker expected to get about double the U.S.$128 they are currently earning. Read more »
Joblessness, illiteracy, lack of skills, poverty and poor access to water and electricity are are just some of the grim realities facing young rural people today. Read more »
Government spending will increase significantly for the fourth consecutive year according to the Finance Minister's 2011-12 national budget. Read more »
Equatorial Guinea must amend laws that hinder effective civil society mobilisation and activism inside the country, says a report by advocacy group EG Justice. Read more »
The leadership of Maritime Workers Union of Nigeria Monday directed members to shut down port operations across the country over the refusal by terminal operators to review upward ... Read more »
The Senate has approved the N18,000 new national minimum wage for workers proposed by President Goodluck Jonathan. Read more »
The SA Transport and Allied Workers' Union will be meeting with the Road Freight Association in a bid to resolve the wage dispute which has resulted in truck drivers embarking on a ... Read more »
Apart from the looming job losses in Swaziland's public sector, small and medium enterprises have also warned of retrenchments following the government's decision to suspend ... Read more »
AT least 1 455 Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe employees, representing 75 percent of the staff, will leave the institution today in the single largest retrenchment undertaken in this ... Read more »
The strike was suspended after unions were assured that a new minimum wage bill would be considered. Read more »
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