South Africa’s banking strike, planned for Friday, is postponed after the Braamfontein Labour Court decided Thursday that the national finance-worker walkout was illegal. The South African Society of Bank Officials (SASBO), the union planning the strike to protest job losses, expected five marches in Johannesburg, Durban, Bloemfontein, Port Elizabeth and…
Anxious South Africans are watching to see if a planned banking strike on Friday goes forward, with union supporters vowing that it will – and warning them to make sure they have the cash they need before there’s no money at the ATM kiosks. The South African Society of Bank…
The climate strike movement is just beginning and that’s certainly true for Africans. Friday climate marches grabbed all the headlines – and for good reason, since it’s the Fridays for the Future movement – but on the African continent the climate action promised to continue into the weekend and beyond….
Doctors in Zimbabwe took to the streets Monday, demanding to know where the abducted president of their union has gone and refusing to work until the government answers their question. Dr. Peter Magombeyi, who has been leading the latest charge for better pay and working conditions in cash-strapped Zimbabwe, was…
As young people across the globe plan for the September climate strikes, the secretary general of Amnesty International has appealed to schools everywhere to allow their students to participate. Kumi Naidoo compared the struggles of the Fridays for the Future movement to his own as a young organizer, and said he…
Pilots for British Airways are planning a second day of strikes Tuesday, after nearly all flights were canceled Monday as nearly 100 percent of union pilots participated in the action over pay and benefits. BALPA, the pilot union organization, said its members felt the action was a wakeup call for…
A nationwide general strike Wednesday in South Africa drew thousands of protesters, with marches in at least six cities including Johannesburg, Cape Town and Durban. The strike, coordinated by the South African Federation of Trade Unions (SAFTU), meant to “bring South Africa to a standstill” over the country’s economic plight,…
Nurses in Swaziland planned a strike on Friday to call attention to drug shortages they say are compromising patient care, including those who need HIV treatment. The nurses plan to march the streets of Mbabane and deliver a petition to Prime Minister Sibusiso Dlamini to force the government to listen…
There’s little visible progress in the doctors’ strike in Nigeria, and now separate organizations of health care workers have threatened to join them if government officials fail to meet with them this week. The Joint Health Sectors Union (JOHESU) and the Assembly of Healthcare Professional Associations (AHPA) issued a seven-day…
Five people died and another 30 were wounded during protests Monday in Conakry, as the Guinean government warned citizens that the protests were illegal and the teachers strike will now be over. The protests in the coastal capital city led to at least 12 arrests, local media outlets said. The…
Kenya’s Two Rivers Mall opened last week in Nairobi, and President Uhuru Kenyatta – no stranger to scissors and ribbon cuttings – was on hand to formally open the USD$10 million facility. The Valentine’s Day event at the mall, billed as sub-Saharan Africa’s largest, featured chocolate, flowers and hearts. The mall reflects…
Laureen is the editor of Africa Times
Tunisian lawyers plan a general strike in all courts on Wednesday to protest new tax laws they say unfairly target their profession, as part of the wider 2017 austerity measures planned by the Tunisian government. A statement issued Tuesday by Ameur Mehrezi, head of the National Bar Association of Tunisia, said the…
More than 245,000 Kenyan teachers will not be paid their September salaries as they continue to strike, the Daily Nation reported. The Teachers Service Commission ordered teachers to return to their work this Thursday at the Court of Appeal, however, many did not. A source who asked to remain unnamed…
The Kenyan government has closed all public and private schools due to teacher strikes, which seem to have no end in sight. Leah Rotich, the acting secretary in the ministry of Education, stated on Friday that the term dates for schools have been revised. In a statement made on Friday…
Ghana’s doctors, it seems, are likely to call of their strike, reported Reuters. The strike is seen as a test f the government’s ability to stand by the terms of an International Monetary Fund (IMF) programme that has been designed to restore economic stability to the country. The Ghana Medical…