Tag Archives: Civil service

Nigeria: Soludo’s Solution of Anger and Innuendo By Nasir El Rufai

May 10, 2013 by IndepthAfrica

by Nasir El Rufai Long before the publication of The Accidental Public Servant, I had decided to resist joining issues with whatever commentators wrote in response to the book by way of either attacking the author or its contents. It … read more »

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Press Release: Message From President Jacob Zuma to All Public Servants

April 9, 2013 by IndepthAfrica

press release In today’s global and competitive world, a country’s success is determined by many things. Key amongst these is a patriotic, effective and efficient cadre of public servants that translates government policies and programmes into tangible benefits. On 14 … read more »

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Nigeria: Evidently above the Law!

February 21, 2013 by IndepthAfrica

By Olusegun Adeniyi Dr. Goke Adegoroye, a retired federal permanent secretary and pioneer Director General of the Bureau of Public Service Reforms, published a long article in The Guardian newspaper on January 10 this year. Among other things in that … read more »

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Strike in Malawi Grows

February 19, 2013 by IndepthAfrica

BLANTYRE, (AP) Public workers in Malawi, on strike demanding a 67 percent pay hike, have threatened to close the country’s airports. The government says it doesn’t have the money to meet the demands. “If government does not respond positively to … read more »

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Ethiopia: Corruption On the Rise – Survey

January 14, 2013 by IndepthAfrica

Addis Fortune (Addis Ababa) Five years in the making and two years later than the scheduled launch time, a survey conducted to gauge the level of corruption in Ethiopia was released last week, by the World Bank. Nonetheless, it falls short … read more »

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Minimum wage: Oyo workers urged to shun confrontation

April 9, 2012 by IndepthAfrica

Oyo State civil servants have been urged to use dialogue instead of confrontation to persuade the government for enhanced pay. They were hailed for suspending the strike by the state’s Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) over the disagreement with the government … read more »

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How does Rawlings expect Ghanaians to remember him?

March 21, 2012 by IndepthAfrica

By Dr. Michael J.K. Bokor It is pathetic that despite all the good work that Rawlings has done for the country, he is the very person staining his own image many years after leaving office. By constantly erring on the … read more »

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Swazi civil servants get paid on time

November 15, 2011 by benim

Mbabane – Cash-strapped Swaziland has pulled together enough loans from local banks and private businesses to pay government workers on time this month, a spokesperson said on Tuesday. The announcement came after emergency meetings to raise the $43m reportedly needed … read more »

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Ghana is not worth dying for, but……

August 31, 2011 by benim

Echoes of the controversy surrounding the Minister of Health’s letter terminating the appointment of Dr. Frimpong-Boateng as Head of the National Cardiothoracic Centre at the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital are still ringing loud in our ears. Certainly, the Minister’s action … read more »

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Swaziland to go ahead with civil servant salary cuts

August 7, 2011 by benim

Swaziland’s government will go ahead with planned salary cuts of civil servants despite receiving a $355-million bailout loan from neighbouring South Africa, a document obtained by AFP Sunday revealed. The document which details salary cuts as part of the government … read more »

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Botswana public servants challenge labour law change

June 28, 2011 by benim

Botswana’s public sector union has taken the government to court to contest the classification of diamond cutters and teachers as essential workers who cannot strike, a spokesman said Tuesday. Hot on the heels of the country’s first-ever civil servants strike … read more »

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Botswana ends public workres strike.

June 11, 2011 by benim

Authorities says Botswana public workers have ended their 8-week strike and will be back on the job as early as Monday. The French Press Agency quotes a union spokesman as saying 90,000 workers have agreed to accept the government’s 3-percent … read more »

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Unionist charged, Botswana strike drags on

May 28, 2011 by benim

Gaborone – A Botswana union leader says his arrest on assault charges is part of government attempts to end a month-long civil service strike. Pelotshweu Baeng, former president of the Botswana Land Boards, Local Authorities and Health Workers’ Union, was … read more »

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Botswana govt suspends wage talks

May 25, 2011 by benim

Gaborone – Botswana has suspended wage negotiations with striking public service workers, insisting that they return to the job before resuming talks, an official said on Wednesday. “In view of the fact that the government has made its position on … read more »

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No work, no pay angers Botswana strikers

May 24, 2011 by benim

Gaborone – More than 50 000 striking civil servants in Botswana will go without salary or see their pay deducted as government begins implementing its “no work, no pay” policy, a union official said on Tuesday. About 90 000 workers … read more »

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Botswana govt warns strikers

May 20, 2011 by benim

GABORONE, Botswana – Botswana’s government has told 1,478 civil servants considered essential workers they will be fired for taking part in a nationwide strike that has dragged on for more than a month, officials said Friday. Akanyang Mmoi, a spokesman … read more »

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Botswana closes strike-hit schools

May 17, 2011 by benim

Gaborone – Botswana’s minister of education says schools are being closed indefinitely after student protests in support of a teachers’ strike erupted into violence. The minister, Pelonomi Venson Motoi, took the step on Monday, saying she was acting to safeguard … read more »

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Botswana health workers back at work

April 27, 2011 by benim

Gaborone – Botswana doctors, nurses and other essential workers who last week joined an ongoing public service strike returned to work on Wednesday in obedience to a court order. The government had sought the order from the industrial court, saying … read more »

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Botswana govt ‘intimidates’ strikers

April 21, 2011 by benim

Gaborone – Striking civil servants in Botswana accused the government on Thursday of using intimidation and illegal substitute workers to derail their strike. The Botswana Federation of Public Sector Unions, which is demanding a 16% wage hike after a three-year … read more »

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Malawi ghost workers paid $15m

March 22, 2011 by benim

Blantyre – Ghost workers in impoverished Malawi fleece the government of about $15m a year, a minister said on Tuesday. “The government is losing two billion kwacha ($15m) annually through salary payment to ghost workers,” information minister Vuwa Kaunda said … read more »

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