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    Omanyano ovanhu koikundaneki yomalungula kashili paveta, Commisiner Sakaria takunghilile Veronika Haulenga

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Namibia

Medical Interns Demand Overtime Pay or Halt Overtime Work

Over 300 medical interns are threatening to stop working overtime unless the government settles their outstanding overtime pay within five days. The interns, employed by the Health and Social Services ministry, staged a protest in Windhoek and submitted a petition to the Office of the Prime Minister. If their concerns remain unaddressed, they plan to limit their working hours to 40 hours per week, as per Health Professions Council guidelines.

todayNovember 20, 2024 14

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South Africa

DA Submits 200,000 Signatures Protesting Eskom’s 40% Tariff Hike

To South Africa, where the DA's leader in Gauteng, Solly Msimanga, submitted over 200-thousand signatures to energy regulator NERSA in Pretoria, opposing Eskom's proposed 40-percent electricity tariff hike. Hundreds joined the DA’s protest, demanding affordable and reliable power. Msimanga called for public participation as NERSA opens hearings. He also emphasised accountability and relief amid South Africa's energy and cost-of-living crisis:  

todayNovember 15, 2024 29

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Environment

Conservancies protest mining in Rhino sanctuary

Conservancies affected by the recent mining activities have been granted approval to hold a peaceful demonstration at the Ministry of Environment, Forestry, and Tourism offices today. They will hand over a petition to the Executive Director of the Ministry against mining in their rhino sanctuary. Here is Laurencia Naobes the Manager for Uibasen-Twyfelfontein Conservancy.  

todayOctober 24, 2024 23

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Africa

Mozambique opposition leader calls for 2-day strike after controversial elections

Mozambique's opposition leader Venâncio Mondlane has called for a two-day strike to "paralyse" the nation following the controversial October 9 presidential elections, urging citizens to protest alleged fraud and violence against demonstrators. Bloomberg reports that the electoral authorities are expected to announce results by Thursday, amid rising tensions and EU observers noting irregularities in the counting process.

todayOctober 24, 2024 7

Opinion Pieces

Young people brought down Bangladesh’s repressive leader. Will they now be empowered to lead real change?

  By Intifar Chowdhury, Flinders University “Inni, we are independent!” my 26-year-old cousin chanted from Shahbagh, a neighbourhood in Bangladesh’s capital Dhaka, as millions joined a major protest march on Monday to the country’s Parliament House. Soon after, social media was flooded with news of “a new independence” – a free Bangladesh reborn after the autocratic leader of over 15 years, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, fled the country in the […]

todayAugust 6, 2024 11

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Africa

Kenya’s protests happened in every major urban centre – why these spaces are explosive

          By Lena Gutheil, German Institute of Development and Sustainability (IDOS)     Kenya has a long history of protests. Mass protests took place during the colonial period and continued in the post-independence era. Important democratic gains were achieved through protests, such as the introduction of multi-party politics in 1991. Many will also remember the violent clampdown that followed the disputed 2007 elections, which left more […]

todayJune 28, 2024 26

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World

Traumatised Indians recount deadly Kashmir attack on Hindu pilgrims

      Gunmen in Indian-administered Kashmir who ambushed a bus of Hindu pilgrims continued firing for several minutes even after it tumbled into a ravine, killing nine, survivors said Tuesday. The brutal attack on Sunday evening was one of the deadliest attacks in years, and the first on Hindu pilgrims in the disputed Muslim-majority since 2017, when gunmen killed seven people in the Kashmir valley in another ambush on […]

todayJune 11, 2024 18

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Africa

Kenyan doctors’ strike: the government keeps failing to hold up its end of the bargain

    By Kahura Mundia, University of Nairobi   At least 4,000 doctors are employed in Kenya’s public healthcare sector. Almost all of them went on strike on 14 March 2024, demanding the implementation of a labour agreement signed with the government in 2017. The agreement promised higher salaries, better working conditions and the recruitment of doctors. The Kenyan government said it didn’t have the money to honour the agreement, […]

todayApril 29, 2024 15

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