je.st
news
Tag: africa
SOUTH AFRICA: To set up $19m sustainable textile cluster
2014-06-25 14:40:56| Daily apparel & textile news and comment - from just-style.com
The South African government has approved a ZAR200m (US$18.8m) grant to set up a new 'sustainable textile and apparel cluster' to supply more traceable products.
Tags: set
south
africa
south africa
Africa is not ready for the fight against global warming
2014-06-25 13:36:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
New Visions: In his stimulating article that was published in Sunday Vision of June 22, Edwin Muhumuza asks the question Is Africa Ready to tackle global warming? He begins by re-echoing a recent call by President Museveni to regional leaders under the intergovernmental Authority on development (IGAD) to reclaim wetlands, swamps and forests from encroachers. The President rightly points out that this would stop aridity from spreading further thus ending the possibility of drugs turning into emergencies. ...
Tags: global
ready
africa
fight
SOUTH AFRICA: Footwear workers settle wage dispute
2014-06-25 11:39:53| Daily apparel & textile news and comment - from just-style.com
The Southern African Clothing and Textile Workers' Union (SACTWU) has agreed to an 8% wage increase for footwear workers, putting an end to a two-week strike.
Tags: south
africa
south africa
workers
Africa Oil announces oil and gas discovery in Block 9 onshore Kenya
2014-06-25 10:43:00| Hydrocarbons Technology
Africa Oil has made a new gas discovery at the Sala Prospect in Block 9 of onshore Kenya.
South Africa platinum strike 'over'
2014-06-23 19:12:07| BBC News | Business | UK Edition
A five-month platinum strike in South Africa is "officially over", says the leader of the union behind the strike, as it accepts a wage deal.
Tags: south
africa
south africa
strike
Sites : [253] [254] [255] [256] [257] [258] [259] [260] [261] [262] [263] [264] [265] [266] [267] [268] [269] [270] [271] [272] next »