Nigeria: Minimum Wage - Labour Charged On Constructive Bargaining
Organised labour has been charged to partner with government and other stakeholders in the employment sector in order to actualise an ideal pay structure that is harmonised with the average cost of...
View ArticleAngola: Education Minister Defends Continued Training of Teachers
The Angolan Education minister, Mpinda Simão, Monday in Luanda defended the improvement of social conditions and permanent training of teachers as the top priority for the sector.
View ArticleSouth Africa: President Jacob Zuma Appoints Judges to the Supreme Court of...
President Jacob Zuma has under section 174 of the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa, 1996 and on the advice of the Judicial Service Commission, appointed the following judges to the Supreme...
View ArticleNigeria: ASUU Threatens Strike Over Non-Implementation of Agreement
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) yesterday threatened to embark on strike following what it described as illegal dissolution of the governing councils of universities and failure of...
View ArticleNamibia: Veggie Farmers Need Training, Says Expert
Namibian fresh-produce farmers at all Green Schemes require training for their products to meet market standards. An international horticulture consultant from Kenya, Dr Stephen Mbithi, said during a...
View ArticleNigeria: PENCOM, ICPC to Sanction Ministries Over Pension Data
THE National Pension Commission (PENCOM) in collaboration with Independent Corrupt Practices and other related Offences Commission (ICPC) has resolved to, henceforth, sanction ministries, departments...
View ArticleAngola: Media Pluralism, Impartiality Are a Reality - Minister
The Angolan Social Communication minister, Carolina Cerqueira, said Monday in Luanda that the perception of the requirements of plurality of ideas and journalistic impartiality are visible in the...
View ArticlePoll Puts MDM in Narrow Lead in Cuamba
An opinion poll organised by the Polytechnic University gives the candidate of the opposition Mozambique Democratic Movement (MDM), Maria Moreno, a narrow lead in he mayoral by-election in the northern...
View ArticleNigeria: Sorghum to Provide 700, 000 Jobs in North East - Minister
Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Dr. Akinwumi Adesina has said over 700,000 jobs will be created in the North-East through the production of hybrid sorghum.
View ArticleKenya: Doctors Hold Crisis Talks to Avert Strike
The government on Monday held talks with doctors association in a bid to avert a looming strike by doctors working in public hospitals who are demanding up to Sh600,000 a month.
View ArticleAngola: Media Ministry Committed to Partnerships for Staff Training
The Social Communication Ministry's National Information director, José Luis de Matos, said Monday in Luanda that the ministry will continue to strive for partnerships with a view to updating the...
View ArticleArmed Robbers Arrested in Gaza
The Mozambican Police have announced that on Friday they clashed with two gangs of criminals involved in armed robberies, in the southern province of Gaza.
View ArticleCNE Calls for Peaceful By-Elections
The chairperson of Mozambique's National Elections Commission (CNE), Joao Leopoldo da Costa, on Monday urged citizens of the cities of Quelimane, Pemba and Cuamba to participate en masse in the...
View ArticleNamibia: From Ethiopia to Country
I RECENTLY moved to Ethiopia after living for 14 years in Namibia (and loving it). We hope to return one day. But recently, when I visited Ethiopia's northernmost province of Tigray, I was reminded of...
View ArticleMDM Members Die in Traffic Accident
Four members of the opposition Mozambique Democratic Movement (MDM) who were travelling from Beira to Quelimane on Sunday, to take part in the launch of the officials election campaign of the MDM...
View ArticleAngola: Ministry to Prioritise Training and Equipping of Laboratories
Equipping of laboratories and training of university teachers are some of the challenges facing the Ministry of Higher Education, Science and Technology (MESCT), said Friday in Luanda the incumbent...
View ArticleGPU SG Off to Ouagadougou
Gibairu Janneh, an editor at the Daily Observer Newspaper who doubles as the Secretary General of The Gambia Press Union (GPU), today Monday 21st November 2011 left Banjul for Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso...
View ArticleNigeria: FG Releases N50 Billion to Check Unemployment
THE Federal Government has made available the sum of N50 billion to be disbursed as interest free loan to Small and Medium Scale Entrepreneurs as part of moves to check unemployment in the country.
View ArticleCity Council Rolls Out New Slum Toilets
The Nairobi City Council and a group of America students have joined forces in an initiative that will see 100 eco-toilets placed around city slums in the next four months.
View ArticleWhy Ford People Threw Out Manson - Namayi
FORD People has suspended Trade assistant minister Manson Nyamweya for his association with ODM.
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