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Civil servants have threatened to strike if government does not resume negotiations for the wage increases that they are demanding. Read more »
Truck drivers have signed a wage deal to end a three-week strike that had been marred by violence and intimidation and affected deliveries of fuel, cash and consumer goods. Read more »
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- Africa: World's Powers Must Act Urgently As Global Joblessness Grows - UN Labour Chief (UN News)
- South Africa: Minister Worried About Strikes (SAPA)
- South Africa: Transport Strike Ends, Workers Lose Millions (SAPA)
- South Africa: Intimidation Stalls Gold Talks (SAPA)
- South Africa: Five Minutes - South Africa (Daily Maverick)
- South Africa: Marikana Prequel - Num and the Murders That Started It All (Daily Maverick)
- South Africa: Rustenburg's Platinum Belt Draws More Blood (Daily Maverick)
- South Africa: Marikana - the Debt-Hole That Fuelled the Fire (Daily Maverick)
- Ghana: Gov't Created 16,364 Jobs in 2012 - GIPC (Ghanaian Chronicle)
- Namibia: BEE Donation for Disadvantaged (New Era)
- Southern Africa: O and L Awarded Best Employer in the Region (Namibia Economist)
- Namibia: Roads Authority Employees Gets Wage Increment (Namibia Economist)
- Tanzania: PSPF Set to Sell Houses to Members (Daily News)
- Tanzania: NSSF Opens New Branch (Daily News)
- Tunisia: CPR's Abbou - 'We Are Favourable to Consensus, but We Refuse Dialogue With Those Who Question Legitimacy' (Tunis Afrique Presse)
- South Africa: Concern Raised At Protest Action (SAnews.gov.za)
- Angola: Government to Generate More Jobs (ANGOP)
- Rwanda: Umurenge Saccos to Ease Teachers' Access to Financial Services (New Times)
- Mozambique: Supreme Court Judges Sworn in (AIM)
- Mozambique: 'Don't Rely On Informal Sector to Create Jobs' (AIM)
- Nigeria: House Committee Decry Non-Release of Funds to NDE (Daily Trust)
- Nigeria: FG is Determined to Create Jobs for Youths - Akinjide (Leadership)
- South Africa: Molewa Launches Rand Water Academy (SAnews.gov.za)
- South Africa: Truck Drivers' Strike Ends (SAnews.gov.za)
- Nigeria: FG, Stakeholders Move to Tackle Unemployment (This Day)
- Zambia: Investors Rattled By Wage, Mining Reforms (This is Africa)
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