Zimbabwe teachers’ strike continues as government announces examination dates
There could be a showdown between the teachers’ unions and government when schools re-open in Zimbabwe next week.
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Land occupiers homeless after sewage pipe burst
Land occupiers whose homes in Empolweni and Ethembeni were wrecked by the flood of sewage have appealed to the City of Cape Town for help but the City is refusing.
Men threaten female job-seekers
Women job-seekers have asked for government protection from sex pests.
Day care centres demand support
Affected by the pandemic and the lockdown, early childhood development centres around the country are calling for government support.
Food prices in Nigeria have shot through the roof. But is the pandemic to blame?
COVID-19 has had a dire effect on global economies. Rising infection rates have led to social distancing directives, persistent lockdowns, the closing of businesses, travel restraints, salary cuts, […]
E Cape care worker protest ends with job offer
Eastern Cape careworkers feel hopeful after meeting with the Department of Health.
Calls for release of report on Policing and Crowd Management get louder
Two years after the report by the Panel of Experts on Policing and Crowd Management was completed, it has yet to be released to the public.
Zim journalists petition President Mnangagwa
Media freedom is under threat in Zimbabwe under cover of lockdown regulations to combat the coronavirus pandemic.
Community care workers still locked out of permanent jobs
The Eastern Cape Health Department assured care workers they would be signing permanent contracts on the 1st of June. In the midst of a pandemic against which they are frontline combatants, care workers in the Eastern Cape are still temporary workers.
Unemployed graduates protest in Pretoria
South Africa has one of the world’s highest unemployment rates accounting for around 6.7-million people, 67% of whom are young people.
Striking Zim nurses struck off July payroll
There seems not to be an end in sight for the ailing health system in Zimbabwe as the government takes a hardline against the strike.
Families left homeless after houses are demolished
The City of Johannesburg is adamant that it will ensure that “anarchy” does not “prevail” as it continues to demolish houses despite the ongoing national state of disaster that prohibits evictions.
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