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Sandi Kwon Hoo THE NATIONAL Union of Metalworkers of South Africa (Numsa) intends to approach the Labour Court on an urgent basis after 387 workers were laid off in September at Ekapa Mine in ...

Make Sure You Tick All the Boxes When Closing Your Company Down in South Africa Facing the closure of your business can be one of the hardest decisions a business […] ...

Women who mop, sweep and clean homes across Africa are riding a new wave of digital platforms that promise flexible work and ...

Sandi Kwon Hoo A STAND-OFF over the absorption of nearly 500 EPWP contract workers is already spilling into service interruptions across Kimberley, with some municipal employees revealing they have ...

The centre’s research findings are that social grant beneficiaries in South Africa are pointing the way. Beneficiaries ...

From free school meals to decent work for adults, African officials are working to bring child labourers who dropped out of school due to COVID-19 back into the classroom to avoid a lost generation ...

Each week, we shine a light on different career paths to educate, inspire, and help young people explore new possibilities.

The months after the release of the June 2020 World Economic Outlook (WEO) Update have offered a glimpse of how difficult rekindling economic activity will be while the pandemic surges. During May and ...