A PUBLIC sector strike launched in 24 of Nigeria’s 36 states was picking up support as it entered its third day, union officials said Thursday. The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) ordered the strike to begin Tuesday to press state governments to start paying all workers a monthly minimum wage agreed last month of 3000 naira […]
ALLEGED dealer Gavin Carolus won his case against the state on Thursday when the Cape High Court set aside a court order authorising the seizure of his fixed and loose property. Judge AP Blignaut ruled that the Prevention of Organised Crime Act did not have retrospective effect and could therefore only be applied to crimes […]
ZAMBIA has reduced trade tariffs on goods produced by the Common Market for East and Southern African (Comesa) member states by 60%. Comesa general secretary Erastus Mwenchamade the announcement in a speech read on his behalf by Comesa’s director of trade, customs and monetary issues division Charles Chanthonya, at a week-long Automated System for Customs […]
OWN CORRESPONDENT, Johannesburg | Thursday 10.30am. COMMUTERS queued for alternative travel arrangements on Thursday as bus services were hit by a strike involving 18000 transport workers. Negotiations between the Transport Workers’ General Union (TGWU), three affiliated unions and the South African Bus Employers’ Association came to a standstill at midnight Wednesday over wages and rest […]
OWN CORRESPONDENT, Johannesburg | Wednesday 2.00pm. THE New National Party and the Federal Alliance on Wednesday vowed to press ahead with their court actions, despite IEC rulings that registered South Africans living abroad can vote in the June 2 elections. The IEC regulations — which have yet to be officially made public — are expected […]
SOUTH Africa has imposed a R181 a ton import levy on wheat and a R272 a ton duty on imported flour, the National Chamber of Milling said on Wednesday. The milling industry representative body welcomed the introduction of tariff protection for SA’s wheat farmers in the face of continuing state support for producers in leading […]
THE first commercial Libyan Arab Airlines (LAA) flight landed at Amman’s international airport following the suspension of a seven-year air and arms embargo on Tripoli, Jordanian officials said Thursday. The plane, carrying 43 Libyan aviation and airline officials, touched down Wednesday to a welcome by ministry of transport officials and the director of Jordan’s national […]
TOP military brass from Rwanda, Uganda and Democratic Republic of Congo rebels inspected their allied troops on Tuesday ahead of an apparent offensive against southeastern provincial capitals. Wearing unmarked fatigues, generals Kayumba Nyamwansa of Rwanda, Jeje Odongo of Uganda and Celestin Ilunga of the military wing of the Congolese Rally for Democracy — the main […]
A PAY strike in Zimbabwe paralysed postal and some telecommunication services went into its second day on Wednesday, Post and Telecommunications Corporation human resources manager Mike Nxele said. Nxele said the parastatal has offered workers a 15% pay rise in addition to the 20% cost of living adjustment demanded by the country’s powerful national labour […]
THE New National Party in Mpumalanga expects more white people to defect from its ranks after its chairman defected, the party’s provincial leader, David Malatsi, said on Tuesday. NNP chairman and leader of the opposition in the provincial legislature, Dr Lucas Nel, crossed the floor to Louis Luyt’s Federal Alliance on Tuesday, along with his […]