South Africa in the news: The Latest: US to advise health care workers to reuse PPE: Vice President Mike Pence says the U.S. government will issue guidance encouraging front-line health care workers to reuse personal protective equipment. Pence, speaking at White House Coronavirus …: “South Africa” – BingNews Kekana admits ‘sometimes Mamelodi Sundowns need a …
Coronavirus measures give Bangladeshi workers for global clothing chains a stark choice: disease or starvation: Over the past three decades, global inequality has reached a critical level. The world’s 26 richest people own as much as poorest 50%. Multinational fashion companies have secured billions of dollars by moving production locations abroad and using supply chains …
South Africa in the news: Coronavirus: WHO decries ‘negligent’ safety planning for African frontline health workers: The World Health Organisation (WHO) Director-General, Tedros Adhanom Gebreyesus, has decried the lack of proper protection for frontline healthcare workers handling the coronavirus pandemic in Africa, …: “South Africa” – BingNews S.Africa to reopen casinos and cinemas despite COVID-19 …
South Africa in the news: The Latest: Mayo Clinic to end pay cuts, recall workers: Gov. Brad Little says there are too many coronavirus infections to lift additional restrictions. That means the state will remain in the fourth and final stage of his plan to reopen during the …: “South Africa” – BingNews Aaron Finch …
South Africa in the news: The Latest: Mayo Clinic to end pay cuts, recall workers | Raleigh News & Observer: For the second consecutive day, Florida has reported more than 5,000 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the state. Thursday’s rise in reported cases was lower than Wednesday’s record-setting mark, but …: “South Africa” – …
Non-medical use of prescription drugs among skilled workers: a pilot study in Nigeria: A pharmacy store in Ogun State, southwest Nigeria. Photo by Pius Utomi Ekpei /AFP via Getty Images More than ever, the world is facing a challenge of non-medical use of prescription drugs among people of all ages, genders and occupations. Evidence shows …
South Africa in the news: PODCAST | COVID-19 Frontline Workers Part XII: A mine worker shares his story: Tens of thousands of workers are on the frontline of the global war against COVID-19. Many are in the unenviable position of fighting the pandemic at the risk of their own lives a …: “South Africa” – …
South Africa in the news: The Detail: Trapped migrant workers – NZ’s new underclass: A new underclass is emerging in New Zealand in the Covid-19 era – thousands of migrant workers stuck here with no work, no money and not a lot of support. Thousands more are caught outside the border …: “South Africa” – …
Should we be testing all frontline healthcare workers regularly for coronavirus?: As we move into the next phase of the coronavirus pandemic, we urgently need to restart usual clinical activities such as cancer treatment and routine surgery. But to do this safely, we need to minimise the transmission of COVID-19 in healthcare settings. To this …
Beyond clapping for key workers – here’s how to give them the pay rise they deserve: At 8pm every Thursday night for the last ten weeks, huge numbers of people across the UK took to their doorsteps or windows and clapped, or banged pots and pans to celebrate the country’s key workers. These are the …
How the first modern pandemic hit key workers first: The Edinburgh and London Royal Mail. Wikimedia Commons The 1889 outbreak of influenza was first reported in the Russian city of Petropavlovsk in September of that year. Within a few weeks it had spread throughout Russia, and by early November it had appeared in most European …
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HP launches new Chromebooks for enterprise workers stuck at home: Johannesburg, May 14, 2020 – HP Inc. today announced new laptops and solutions designed to address the evolving needs of business users everywhere, demonstrating the company’s effort to help businesses and remote workers stay productive wherever they may be. While businesses have been adopting cloud-centric …
Gaps in South Africa’s relief scheme leave some workers with no income: Economic crisis is beginning to bite Getty Images An economic crisis is beginning to bite in South Africa, resulting from the decision to shut down a large chunk of the economy in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. South Africa locked down its economy …
Coronavirus: why French sex workers seeking support from government are unlikely to receive funding: Shutterstock In France, where prostitution is partly criminalised, it is illegal to buy sexual services but legal for a woman or a man to sell sex. And anyone selling sex must pay taxes like everyone else. But many people in prostitution …
Coronavirus: Why the UK needs a basic income for all workers: Shutterstock/DaisyDaisy The outbreak of coronavirus has exposed the fragility of a labour market characterised by the growing gig economy, zero-hours contracts and self-employment. None of these forms of work have employment benefits like sick pay. These workers are being hung out to dry with …
How the COVID-19 pandemic will affect informal workers. Insights from Kenya: Vendors in a market Billy Miaron/Shutterstock COVID-19 is going to have a devastating impact on economies. Africa has a particular vulnerability because so many people work in the informal sector. In an interview with Moina Spooner from The Conversation Africa, Njeri Kinyanjui explains how …
South Africa’s spaza shops: how regulatory avoidance harms informal workers: shutterstock Small informal retailers are ubiquitous feature of any developing country urban landscape. Known as spaza shops in South Africa, they are an important, even vital, component in the townships. Numbering over 100,000 across the nation, they make critical contributions to local food security, self-employment …