Bay municipal strike no closer to being resolved PREMIUM By Yolanda Palezweni - 12 February 2021
There seems to be no end in sight to the strike by Samwu-affiliated workers in Nelson Mandela Bay which is in its fourth day on Friday.
Among the demands is a R7,500 Covid-19 danger allowance, which the city has said it simply cannot afford resulting in the impasse that brought some services to a halt this week.
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January 22nd 2021 at 15:52:42 GMT +0300
Kajiado Governor Joseph ole Lenku at a past meeting. He reshuffled his cabinet on Friday. [File, Standard]
Kajiado Governor Joseph ole Lenku on Friday reshuffled his cabinet bringing in new faces.
The reshuffle saw County Secretary Samuel Seki become county executive for Gender, Tourism, Wildlife, Youth and Sports while Florence Waiganjo will now head the Public Service, Social Services, Administrative, and Inspectorate Services docket. Francis Sakuda, formerly of Public Service and Citizen Participation returns to his former position of County Secretary.
Seven new Chief Officers have been named in the new team with Eddy Kimani appointed Chief Officer, Public Health while Jacqueline Wairimu will take up the Transport and Energy docket.
DENOSA Mpumalanga disturbed by increasing numbers of new COVID-19 infections in the province.
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The Democratic Nursing Organisation of South Africa (DENOSA) in Mpumalanga has noted the increasing numbers of COVID-19 new infections, especially amongst our members and other professionals who are frontline workers within the health sector, specifically nurses.
Published December 31, 2020, 7:41 PM
Amid the “extraordinary” challenges Malacañang faced in 2020, it remains optimistic that the economy will be on a rebound in 2021.
In a 55-page yearend report released on Thursday, Malacañang cited some of the major highlights of the Duterte administration’s accomplishments and interventions in 2020, particularly its COVID-19 response.
“Ten months since COVID-19 surfaced in the Philippines means we must learn to live with the virus, especially now that we know more about COVID-19, how it spreads, and how to avoid it,” Malacañang said.
“The road to recovery will be upon us soon as the earliest roll out of a vaccine is expected in the first quarter next year, per the Philippine National Vaccine Roadmap. Geographical and sectoral priorities have already been identified, negotiations and discussions with vaccine manufacturers are ongoing, and tripartite agreements with the government, the private sector, and allied governments are n
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THE National leadership of Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT) has threatened to down tools if decisive actions are not taken to address the ugly trend, saying it is highly disturbed by the re-emerging incidence of school invasion and abduction of teachers and students across the country’s educational institutions.
NUT Secretary-General, Dr Mike Ike Ene, while reacting to the invasion of Government Science Secondary School in Kankara, Katsina State, by armed men in a statement on Tuesday, called on the Federal Government to ensure the safe release of the students and teachers held in captivity.
He said it was unfortunate that the current administration has failed to secure the lives of Nigerians and innocent school children who often become prey to the attackers.