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Is the Jamaican government giving BPO investors the “green light to disregard labour laws”?

8th March 2021 Equal Times 0

With tens of thousands of jobs linked to the tourism sector lost due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the Jamaican government has heralded the island’s fast-expanding […]

How the business of academic journals stifles scientific research and penalises researchers with limited resources

3rd March 2021 Equal Times 0

The aphorism ‘publish or perish’ began gaining popularity in Western academia in the first half of the 20th century. By the 1980s, it had become […]

Shortage of teachers plagues EC schools

26th February 2021 Lilita Gcwabe 0

While some schools in the Eastern Cape may have sufficient teachers, they may not have a library or laboratory – like Gcinubuzwe Combined School in Jansenville.

SAFTU slams “heavy handedness” of the police in Cape Town

24th February 2021 Mzi Velapi 0

The South African Federation of Trade Unions has condemned the excessive police deployment against the federation’s march in Cape Town in support of their national […]

In Kenya, women bear the brunt as mechanisation wipes out tea sector jobs

18th February 2021 Equal Times 0

On a cool Tuesday evening in Kapkugerwet village in Kenya’s Kericho County, Lucy Cheres puts a tea basket on her hunched back and heads out […]

Eastern Cape schools not ready to start the year

16th February 2021 Lilita Gcwabe 0

Reports by Sadtu regions in the EC add to concerns raised by members of parliament over the state of readiness of schools to re-open in the province.

South Asia’s migrant workers are facing a jobs crisis both at home and abroad

15th February 2021 Equal Times 0

In February 2020, PK Valsala, a 45-year-old single woman from Kerala, south India, went to Oman to start a job as a domestic worker. She […]

Agricultural union in India supports farmers protest against government and agri-business

12th February 2021 Mzi Velapi 0

The protesting farmers, with the support of the broader community in India, are fighting for the security of government-regulated markets for their produce.

As climate displacement increases, migration myths fuel fears

10th February 2021 Equal Times 0

Wave by wave, Saint-Louis is slowly but steadily sinking beneath the rising ocean; the waters that once provided the northern Senegalese city with sustenance now threatening its […]

The army’s encroachment on the civilian economy is costing Egyptian workers dearly

8th February 2021 Equal Times 0

Their faces marked by exhaustion and sadness, thousands of Delta fertilizer company employees continue with their sit-in protest against the decision taken by the Dakahlia […]

Why healthy food and its local production should be part of the COVID-19 response

5th February 2021 Jules Siedenburg John Paul Cauchi 0

When a pandemic hits, questions that immediately arise include what impact there will be on public health, the economy and other aspects of society. Another […]

Killings in Khayelitsha linked to extortion gangs

3rd February 2021 Mzi Velapi 0

The police minister says that the killing of six men in Khayelitsha at the weekend is linked to extortion rackets.

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