May 24
South Africa: Country Faces Critical Shortage of Nurses, Healthcare Network Says - South African News Briefs - May 24, 2023
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May 23
Tanzania: Committee to Enhance Education-Labour Market Link Launched
Daily News
IN efforts to improve education quality, the Ministry for Education, Science and Technology has launched the Industrial Advisory Committee which will determine need for… Read more »
Liberia: Stand-Off At Arcelor Mittal Liberia Buchanan
New Dawn
-As protesters demand steel giant live up to MDA Read more »
May 22
Nigeria: Lagos, Kebbi Records Highest, Lowest Entrants As 11,350 Write Teachers' Qualifying Exams
This Day
Over 11,350 candidates at the weekend participated in the first batch of Teachers Registration Council of Nigeria (TRCN) Professional Qualifying Examination, (PQE)across the… Read more »
Liberia: United Workers' Union of Liberia Urges AML to End Salary 'Disparities,' Increase Workers Pay
FrontPageAfrica
The United Workers Union of Liberia (UWUL), has called on ArcelorMittal Liberia (AML) management to engage their workers in good faith negotiation for pay increments of workers… Read more »
May 21
Nigeria: Govt Signs Memorandum of Understanding With Doctors to End Warning Strike
This Day
The federal government has entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Nigeria Medical Association (NMA) and the Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) to… Read more »
May 20
Nigeria: Resident Doctors Sign Memorandum of Understanding With Nigerian Govt
Premium Times
The NARD said its National Executive Council (NEC) will decide on the timelines set in the content of the MoU. Read more »
Sierra Leone: ILO, Partners Sign 'Decent Job Creation' Project in 5 Districts
Concord
The International Labor Organization (ILO) has signed partnership agreement with the Small and Medium Enterprises Development Agency (SMEDA), APEX Bank, Local Content Agency and… Read more »
May 18
Nigeria: Doctors' Strike - Abuja, Lagos Hospitals Offer Skeletal Services
Premium Times
Resident doctors make up the bulk of doctors in Nigeria's tertiary hospitals Read more »
Liberia: Arcelormittal Workers to End Strike
FrontPageAfrica
Reports from Yekepa, Nimba say workers of ArcelorMittal Liberia who shut down the company's operations and seized its assets for over a week in an illegal strike, have now agreed… Read more »
Africa: PM Ngirente, ILO Officials Discuss Africa's Untapped Potential
New Times
Prime Minister Edouard Ngirente on Thursday held talks with Cynthia Samuel-Olonjuwon, Assistant Director-General for Africa at the International Labour Organization (ILO), along… Read more »
Uganda: UDB to Create 3,928 Jobs From Q1 Approved Projects
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Uganda Development Bank (UDB), the country's only national development finance Institution, has today announced that it expects 3,928 jobs to be created from the January to March… Read more »
Nigeria: Govt Moves to Replace Striking Doctors With Ad-Hoc Staff
Daily Trust
The federal government has threatened to hire ad-hoc doctors with salaries of the striking resident doctors. Read more »
Nigeria: Labour Party Supporters Mob Factional Leader Apapa in Court
Premium Times
The factional chairman of the Labour Party, Mr Apapa, had earlier had an altercation with the director-general of Peter Obi's presidential campaigns before court proceedings… Read more »
Nigeria: Resident Doctors' Warning Strike Cripples Public Hospitals
Leadership
Activities in public hospitals in various parts of the country were paralysed yesterday as resident doctors began a five-day warning strike. Read more »
May 17
Africa: 91% of Sub-Saharan African Workers Don't Save for Old Age - Why That's a Problem and How to Fix It [analysis]
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Less than 10% of the workers in sub-Saharan Africa save for old age, the lowest rate for any region in the world. That implies most of the breadwinners today won't be able to… Read more »
Zimbabwe: Govt Curbs Public Health Workers' Right to Protest 'Dire' Conditions
Global Press Journal
Nurses, doctors say new amendment curbs their rights and could further erode morale and send more staff to other countries. Read more »
Nigeria: Nigerian Govt Warns Doctors Against Planned Strike Commencing Today
Premium Times
"There is nothing like warning strike. A strike is a strike. If they want to take that risk, the options are there..." Read more »
Gambia: Local Govt Ministry PS Sheds Light On Salaries, Allowances
The Point
Buba Sayang, the permanent secretary at the Ministry of Local Government and Lands on Tuesday continued his testimony before the Local Government Commission of Inquiry which has… Read more »
Ghana: GIHOC Distilleries Workers Protest 3-Months' Salary Arrears
Ghanaian Times
Tension is mounting at the GIHOC Distilleries Company Limited in Accra over three months' salary arrears and what the workers of the company describe as poor working conditions. Read more »
South Africa: City of Cape Town to Launch New Unit to Protect Workers in Philippi
GroundUp
Reward offered for information leading to arrests of anyone targeting City staff Read more »
Nigeria: Doctors Strike - Govt Says Negotiation Ongoing, NARD Says Not True
Premium Times
"The situation with the doctors' strike is of concern to government and the negotiations have been ongoing." Read more »
Namibia: Nurses Use Cellphone Flashlights At Night in Hospital
New Era
Nurses on night duty at the Nankudu District Hospital in Kavango West region are forced to use cellphone flashlights in the hospital's corridors at night. They say taking a corpse… Read more »
Nigeria: Labour Party Leaders Clash At Presidential Election Petition Court
Premium Times
The Labour Party leaders clashed as the Presidential Election Petition Court resumed sitting on Wednesday. Read more »
Nigeria: Obi Watches As Labour Party Factions Clash At Presidential Tribunal
Daily Trust
There was drama at the Presidential Election Petitions Tribunal on Wednesday when officials of the two factions of Labour Party clashed. Read more »