SA Works Minister says government needs to reform expanded public works programme

SA Works Minister says government needs to reform expanded public works programme

South Africa’s Public Works and Infrastructure Minister Dean Macpherson says the government needs to reform the Expanded Public Works Programme to ensure recipients are better paid through permanent jobs.

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Nigeria’s minimum wage has never protected workers from poverty: here’s why

By Stephen Onyeiwu, Allegheny College Wages have become the top issue for Nigeria’s organised labour movements in the past year. Reacting to recent increases in the cost of living, the labour movement has been calling for an upward review of the national minimum wage, currently N30,000 (US$24) a month. The Conversation’s Adejuwon Soyinka asks economics professor Stephen Onyeiwu if Nigeria’s minimum wage truly protects workers from poverty. […]

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Security Association of Namibia hosts pivotal consultation on the security sector’s minimum wage

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