Zimbabwe: Nurses Announce Plans For Nationwide Strike

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[New Zimbabwe] Zimbabwean nurses have announced plans to embark on a nationwide strike from April 20 to 22 stating that concerns they raised last month were ignored by government.

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Lesotho: The Boatmen of Lesotho – a Lifeline for Villagers

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[GroundUp] These boats are an essential mode of transport, ferrying people across the Senqu River in Qacha’s Nek

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South Africa: Shops Keep Food Prices High While Farming Costs Drop

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[Scrolla] The Competition Commission of South Africa found that the farm price for white maize dropped sharply by December last year. Shops did not pass these large savings on...

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Mozambique: Interns Promise to End Strike If Government Pays Their Allowances

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[AIM] Maputo — The medical interns from UNIZAMBEZE University, in the central city of Beira, who have been demonstrating in front of the Health Ministry building, in Maputo, have...

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South Africa: South Africa to Host Landmark African Union Ministerial Session On Transport and Energy

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[African Union] At a defining moment for Africa’s infrastructure development trajectory, the African Union Commission (AUC), in collaboration with the Government of the Republic of South Africa, will convene...

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Botswana: Nightlife Industry Halts Petition Over Liquor Hours

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[Botswana Daily News] Gaborone — Nightclub and bar owners, led by Gilbert Seagile, have put on hold their petition against government’s proposed 24-hour liquor trading hours.

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Defence wins champions: Smart money habits start young

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BUSINESS NEWS – In the world of sport, a flashy offense might grab the headlines and the cheers, but any seasoned coach will tell you the same thing: defence...

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VAT threshold increase gives SMEs more choice, but not always a simpler one

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BUSINESS NEWS – Small business owners may very well be asking themselves whether they should deregister for VAT, following the 1 April change in the compulsory VAT registration threshold....

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Here’s what South Africans get wrong about spending, saving and survival

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For years, a familiar narrative has shaped how we understand South Africans and their finances: they are over-indebted, under-saving and prone to conspicuous consumption. Cowhan Govender, group head of...

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More men than women say they are poor, Stats SA finds

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South Africans may be feeling slightly better about their financial situations than they did a decade ago, but for many that sense of improvement is fragile and incomplete. When...

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