South Africa: Ray of Hope for Desperate Job Seekers As Department of Labour’s Rolls Out Public Employment Services
press release
The Department of Labour’s (DoL) Public Employment Services (PES) branch has referred or placed 96 000 job seekers in job opportunities in the period ending March 31, 2012.
Labour Minister Mildred Oliphant told the two-day [...]
Nigeria: Small Businesses Employed 32 Million in 2010 Survey
The Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME) sector employed a total of 32,414,884 as at December 2010, report from the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) said.
The report of the survey jointly conducted by NBS and the Small and Medium Enterprises [...]
South Africa: Youth Parliament – a Wasted Opportunity to Help Our Youth
press release
The Democratic Alliance (DA) is today attending Parliament’s annual Youth Parliament, which provides an opportunity for political parties to engage directly with the youth of South Africa. While we believe it is important [...]
Kenya: New Jobs Help Locals to Fight Hunger, Food Shortages
The people of Namelok in Kenya’s Amboseli region have had to learn to adapt to change. They are ethnic Maasai and traditionally keep livestock, but successive droughts have decimated many of their animals, so they broke with tradition [...]
Morocco: The Challenge of Youth Inclusion
press release
Rabat — A new report from the World Bank finds that almost half of all Moroccan youth between the ages of 15 and 29 are neither working, nor in school. Promoting Youth Opportunities and Participation in Morocco examines [...]
Angola: Public Administration Minister for Reformulation of Employment Market
Luanda — The Minister of Public Administration, Employment and Social Security, António Pitra Neto, said on Monday in Luanda that it is necessary reformulate, qualify, revitalize and protect with dared greater vision of utility, priority [...]
Angola: Employers Must Meet Regularly – Union Official
Luanda — The secretary general of the Angolan Trade Union (UNTA-CS), Manuel Augusto Viage, Monday in Luanda appealed to employers to hold regular meetings to exchange experience and promote a more active job market in various sectors.
The [...]
Nigeria | Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) Employ Over 31 Million
Lagos — Minister of Trade and Investment, Mr. Olusegun Aganga, has said Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) in Nigeria have risen to 17 million, employing over 31 million Nigerians.
Speaking at the World Economic Forum meeting [...]
Angola | Government to Adjust Salaries This Month
Luanda — The minister of Public Administration, Employment and Social Security, António Pitra Neto, last Thursday in Luanda announced that the Executive will make some adjustments to the salaries of public servants in the end of May.
The [...]
South Africa | Wages of the Unskilled Are Too High – Report
South Africa’s lack of employment has now become a crisis that is over two decades old, said economist Mike Schussler as he presented the trade union UASA’s 2012 South African Employment Report (SAER).
According to PoliticsWeb, Schussler [...]
