South Africa's national minimum wage could hurt small firms and rural workers: Protests by farm workers in the Western Cape added to pressure for a minimum wage. EPA/NIC BOTHMASouth Africa will formally adopt a national minimum wage of R20.00 per hour on Worker’s Day next year. There are questions as to whether this is enough to be termed a victory for the country’s working … [Read more...] about South Africa’s national minimum wage could hurt small firms and rural workers | The Conversation
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Why brutalising food vendors hits Africa’s growing cities where it hurts | The Conversation
Why brutalising food vendors hits Africa's growing cities where it hurts: A fishmonger pleads for customers in a Kenyan market. Reuters/Thomas MukoyaIn January this year, the Harare City Council in Zimbabwe accused informal food vendors of spreading typhoid. The council then attempted to confiscate, and destroy, all perishable food items that were being hawked in the central … [Read more...] about Why brutalising food vendors hits Africa’s growing cities where it hurts | The Conversation
It’s time to lift the ideological haze in debates about Africa’s middle class | The Conversation
It's time to lift the ideological haze in debates about Africa's middle class: ShutterstockThe middle classes in the Global South gained growing attention since the turn of the century, mainly through their rapid ascendancy in the Asian emerging economies. A side effect of the economic growth during these ‘fat years’ was a relative increase of … [Read more...] about It’s time to lift the ideological haze in debates about Africa’s middle class | The Conversation
The dti to showcase South Africa’s best in goods and services at Zimbabwe International Trade Fair
APO News from Africa: The dti to showcase South Africa’s best in goods and services at Zimbabwe International Trade Fair: The Department of Trade and Industry (the dti) will on Monday, 24 April 2017 lead a business delegation of South African companies to the 2017 Zimbabwe International Trade Fair (ZITF) which will be taking place in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe from 25-30 April 2017. … [Read more...] about The dti to showcase South Africa’s best in goods and services at Zimbabwe International Trade Fair
World Bank to show how Africa’s electricity providers can be profitable and still make electricity affordable at African Utility Week in Cape Town
World Bank to show how Africa’s electricity providers can be profitable and still make electricity affordable at African Utility Week in Cape Town: African Utility Week to gather 7000+ power professionals in Cape Town Photo: Spintelligent A new World Bank study presents a sobering assessment of the financial health of electricity utilities in Sub-Saharan Africa, and suggests … [Read more...] about World Bank to show how Africa’s electricity providers can be profitable and still make electricity affordable at African Utility Week in Cape Town
