Protracted and violent strikes, curbed: Jonathan Goldberg: CEO of Global Business Solutions Violent strikes become a stark reality around this time of the year as wage and substantive negotiations deadlock in a stand-off in many instances. A weak economy, depressed consumer spending, growing unemployment and employer-employee fatigue are key contributing factors. Despite the … [Read more...] about Protracted and violent strikes, curbed
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South Sudan: Protracted conflict at root of nutrition crisis
South Sudan: Protracted conflict at root of nutrition crisis: The protracted conflict in South Sudan’s Mayendit and Leer counties is having a profound effect on the local population, says international medical organisation Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF). Men, women and children are regularly forced to flee their homes to escape … [Read more...] about South Sudan: Protracted conflict at root of nutrition crisis
A new narrative unfolds about South Africa’s protracted war in Angola | The Conversation
Cine Petro Atletica, once Huambo's finest cinema, was destroyed during fierce fighting in Angola's bloody civil war. Reuters/John Chiahemen MH/WSThe book A Far-Away War: Angola 1975 - 1989, about the war waged by apartheid South Africa against its neighbour, has attracted the attention of historians and those who fought in it. More than a quarter of a century after it … [Read more...] about A new narrative unfolds about South Africa’s protracted war in Angola | The Conversation
