http://en.redtram.com/ News on "Social Life"  in "Africa" Copyright (c) 2008 RedTram. All rights reserved. webmaster@redtram.com (RedTram) en Sat, 30 Aug 2008 02:40:11 GMT 300 100 50 http://en.redtram.com/ http://img.en.redtram.com/rsslogo.gif 149405 | A Big Moment for the Small Screen http://en.redtram.com/go/149376019/top100/ 149376019 Television convened the nation last night, as it does for rare momentous occasions, as presidential candidate Barack Obama brought the Democratic National Convention to a rousing, cheering conclusion with his galvanizing, mesmerizing acceptance speech. Fri, 29 Aug 2008 22:51:13 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/149376019/top100/ 143579 | Botswana: Chinese and Botswana in Worksite Wrangle http://en.redtram.com/go/149374874/top100/ 149374874 Purser Department Manager for Sinohydro, a company that is constructing Dikgatlhong Dam in Robelela, Jing Jinke, has poured scorn on the local employees in a letter of complaint submitted to the Ministry of Labour and Home Affairs and the Office Fri, 29 Aug 2008 22:47:32 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/149374874/top100/ 143579 | Nigeria: Massob's Sit-At-Home Order Flops http://en.redtram.com/go/149374869/top100/ 149374869 The sit-at-home order by the Movement for the Actualisation of the Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB) yesterday only recorded partial success in the south eastern states of the country. Fri, 29 Aug 2008 22:47:32 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/149374869/top100/ 143579 | Nigeria: Unpaid Benefits - Retired Workers Seek Yar'Adua's Intervention http://en.redtram.com/go/149374891/top100/ 149374891 Ex-workers of the Nigerian Postal Service (NIPOST) who were retired in 2005 and 2006 respectively have once again appealed to President Umaru Musa Yar'Adua, to as a matter of urgency intervene in the delay in the payment of their retirement Fri, 29 Aug 2008 22:47:32 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/149374891/top100/ 143579 | Nigeria: Pension - Pencom Set to Publish Names of Defaulting Employers http://en.redtram.com/go/149374905/top100/ 149374905 NATIONAL Pension Commission (PENCOM), yesterday in Markudi, Benue State, announced that within the next 14 days, it would commence the publication defaulting employers to Pension Act of 2004, even as it said a total of N969.97 Billion had been generated Fri, 29 Aug 2008 22:47:32 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/149374905/top100/ 143579 | Kenya: Row As Munyes Sends NSSF Boss On Leave http://en.redtram.com/go/149374914/top100/ 149374914 A parastatal chief who only last year won an award of recognition for the reforms she had spearheaded was yesterday sent on forced leave. Fri, 29 Aug 2008 22:47:32 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/149374914/top100/ 143579 | Uganda: Road Workers on Strike Over Pay http://en.redtram.com/go/149374917/top100/ 149374917 WORK on the Masaka-Mbarara highway has been interrupted after 35 employees of Reynolds Construction Company on Wednesday morning went on strike over underpayment. Fri, 29 Aug 2008 22:47:32 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/149374917/top100/ 143579 | South Africa: Health Care Training Improves Job Prospects http://en.redtram.com/go/149374849/top100/ 149374849 Through programmes such as the Ancillary Health Care Training Programme, the Gauteng Department of Health is to ensure that Community Health Workers (CHWs) are provided with comprehensive training that will stand them in good stead as they expand their career Fri, 29 Aug 2008 22:47:31 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/149374849/top100/ 143579 | Tanzania: EAC Retirees Vow to Wait for President At State House Gate http://en.redtram.com/go/149374860/top100/ 149374860 There was drama at the State House yesterday when a group of the defunct East Africa Community retirees vowed to camp at main gate until President Jakaya Kikwete returns from his United States visit. Fri, 29 Aug 2008 22:47:31 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/149374860/top100/ 143579 | Nigeria: FCC Accuses Oil Companies of Unfair Job Allotments http://en.redtram.com/go/149374843/top100/ 149374843 The Federal Character Commission (FCC) yesterday berated oil companies operating in the Niger Delta, accusing them of unfair job allotments to people of the area. Fri, 29 Aug 2008 22:47:31 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/149374843/top100/ 143579 | Nigeria: Coeasu Suspends Strike http://en.redtram.com/go/149374834/top100/ 149374834 Colleges of Education Academic Staff Union (COEASU) yesterday suspended its nationwide strike, following Federal Government's intervention. Fri, 29 Aug 2008 22:47:31 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/149374834/top100/ 143579 | Nigeria: Prisons to Train 40 Inmates Through NDE http://en.redtram.com/go/149374799/top100/ 149374799 The Prison Service in Ogun is negotiating with the National Directorate of Employment (NDE) to train 40 inmates in vocational jobs, the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports. Fri, 29 Aug 2008 22:47:31 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/149374799/top100/ 143579 | Nigeria: Youth Corps Members Want Jobs in Banks And Oil Companies http://en.redtram.com/go/149374809/top100/ 149374809 The desire to work in banks and oil companies is the dream of many youth corps members serving in Yobe State, the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) investigation has revealed. Fri, 29 Aug 2008 22:47:31 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/149374809/top100/ 143579 | Botswana: Batswana Teachers Study French in Reunion http://en.redtram.com/go/149374824/top100/ 149374824 France has sponsored ten Botswana teachers to study French in the Indian Ocean island of Reunion. Fri, 29 Aug 2008 22:47:31 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/149374824/top100/ 143579 | Nigeria: Traders Close Shops for Massob in Asaba http://en.redtram.com/go/149374781/top100/ 149374781 SEVERAL shops especially at Cable Point axis of Asaba, Delta State capital were closed yesterday as members of the Movement for the Actualization of the Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB) observed the stay at home order. Fri, 29 Aug 2008 22:47:30 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/149374781/top100/ 143579 | Tanzania: Proposed Salary 'Peanuts' http://en.redtram.com/go/149374777/top100/ 149374777 The Trade Union Congress of Tanzania (Tucta) has warned that failure to pay workers reasonable wages will worsen corruption in public offices in the country. Fri, 29 Aug 2008 22:47:30 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/149374777/top100/ 143579 | South Africa: Jobless Rate Static for Two Years http://en.redtram.com/go/149374782/top100/ 149374782 SA's jobless rate dipped to 23,1% in the second quarter of this year, but has been stuck near that level for more than two years, a new official labour force survey revealed yesterday. Fri, 29 Aug 2008 22:47:30 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/149374782/top100/ 143579 | South Africa: Labour Department Promises More Hit Than Miss Accounts http://en.redtram.com/go/149374791/top100/ 149374791 THE labour department had taken steps to rectify an administrative deficiency that, for the 2007-08 financial year, led to a qualified audit from Auditor-General Terence Nombembe, the department's acting director-general, Les Kettledas, said yesterday. Fri, 29 Aug 2008 22:47:30 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/149374791/top100/ 143579 | South Africa: Unemployment http://en.redtram.com/go/149374776/top100/ 149374776 SURPRISINGLY, perhaps, Statistics SA's (Stats SA's) new and improved labour force survey has come up with an unemployment rate that is very similar to the old. Fri, 29 Aug 2008 22:47:30 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/149374776/top100/ 143579 | South Africa: DBSA Boosts Outlay to Meet State Goals http://en.redtram.com/go/149374788/top100/ 149374788 THE Development Bank of Southern Africa (DBSA) has bumped up its loan and equity disbursements 66% to R6,2bn this year, facilitating the creation of 30000 jobs in SA as it aligns its mandate more closely with the government's aims to Fri, 29 Aug 2008 22:47:30 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/149374788/top100/