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A gateman sits beside the banner of the National Labour Congress (NLC) at the entrance to the Federal High Court of Nigeria after unions began an indefinite strike in Abuja, on June 3, 2024. (Photo by KOLA SULAIMON/AFP via Getty Images)

Protests in African nations have more than doubled in the past five years

Struggling economies on the continent are leaving many unable to afford basic staples

Bringing policy to fruition in training South African nurses ==== South Africa needs to retain nurses and encourage the next generation to join the profession.

How much do state nurses, porters and cleaners earn?

State health workers will remain cash-strapped as the government battles to rein in its massive public sector wage bill

Medical aids may know their fate by 2020 under the National Health Insurance

Despite promises, medical interns at 2 Military Hospital remain unpaid

The interns were told they would receive salaries at the end of April, but that did not happen

Remote working: Bosses want ‘bums on seats’

Many workers, including managers, like working remotely, but research shows it can be tough on most other employees.

Finance Minister Tito Mboweni. (Waldo Swiegers/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

Too broke for Mboweni to budget

The scramble to find cash for an SAA bailout, Covid-19 grants and civil servants’ demands force postponement of mini-budget

The Hoshi prize hopes stories created by artificial intelligences

Wits university and unions reach wage deal

The week-long workers’ strike at Wits has been suspended after management and the workers’ unions reached an agreement

About two-thirds of South Africa’s wealth is held by the top 1% and about 90% is held by the top 10% — an enormous concentration of wealth

More billionaires but wealth gap between rich and poor widens

In South Africa, growth in 2017 went to the top 1% most wealthy people and nothing to the bottom 50%

Government to cut public sector wages

We have to be tough on ourselves until we can generate more growth, says Finance Minister Gordhan Pravin.

The shallow 6.9-magnitude quake sparked terror among tourists and locals alike. (AFP/Getty Images)

Wages and productivity even out

Labour and business are neither winners nor losers – as it should be, according to accepted economic theory.

In China

Output and wages linked to prosperity

Rising labour productivity leads to higher employment, income and profits.

Marginalised: Unemployment prevents many young people from being productive and fulfilled citizens.

The long and short of wage flexibility

Despite widely held views to the contrary, labour markets are not so inflexible after all.

Wage negotiations in the gold mining sector are getting heated

Lessons in wages from Marikana

Mining says its offer is about sustaining the gold industry but unions urge caution.

Zuma earns about R1-million more than British Prime Minister David Cameron and R2-million more than French President François Hollande.

Politicians’ bloated wages insult the poor

Percentage increases allow politicians to claim that they are being short-changed. But what are the actual yearly increase and salary amounts?

Wage parity may exacerbate unrest on platinum belt

Calls for centralised bargaining in the platinum industry persist.

Strikers are relatively well-paid

Two sectors participating in industrial action earn much more than the median minimum wage.

Economist Mike Schussler.

Schussler report is ‘pay in the sky’

The economist’s employment thesis is based on blatantly inaccurate wage data, writes Neva Makgetla.

Self-interest is spurring the ‘white knights’ of Newcastle

Newcastle remains an area of contention in the local clothing industry and indeed in the national consciousness too, writes <b>Andre Kriel</b>.

Goldman executives’ wages of sin

Goldman executives’ wages of sin

A nun leads the charge against the excessive amounts paid to corporate chiefs.

Labour: no excuses

While President Jacob Zuma warned that the recession will affect government spending, unions are waiting in the wings to demand better salaries.