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Kenyan doctors chant as they march towards the health ministry headquarters to demand better pay and working conditions in the capital, Nairobi on April 9, 2024. (Photo by SIMON MAINA/AFP via Getty Images)

Nigeria, Kenya struggle with exodus of doctors and nurses

The health sectors in both countries are under pressure, with professionals either leaving or striking for better pay and working conditions

In a five-year review of take-home pay, BankservAfrica found that the average salary has not kept pace with inflation. (Illustration: Getty Images)

SA salaries stagnate amid chronic economic underperformance

In a five-year review of take-home pay, BankservAfrica found that the average salary has not kept pace with inflation

South African citizens queue to vote in the first democratic election in 1994. (David Turnley/Getty Images)

You’re fired: We must drain public sector bloat

The public sector in South Africa is staffed with people – from professions to civil service and bureaucrats – who make citizens dread interacting with their government

The ANC’s Luthuli House headquarters. (Gallo)

ANC secretaries called to Luthuli House to double-check the candidate list

Deputy secretary general Jesse Duarte ordered that they come to the party headquarters to ‘sit with the registration teams and go over their lists’

(Photo: Delwyn Verasamy/M&G)

ANC begs staff to be flexible with their go-slow to help meet IEC deadline

ANC general manager Fébé Potgieter has written to staff appealing to them to be flexible in implementing their go-slow protest to allow them to complete the processes of…

They made arrangements with the provincial treasurers to pay the staff in the provinces, but they don’t seem to know who has been paid and who hasn’t.”  (Photo by Gallo Images/Sharon Seretlo)

ANC committed to paying staff salaries, but employees are not convinced

ANC staffers picketed outside Luthuli House on Tuesday after months of problems with salary payments

Denel is the producer of military and aerospace equipment. (AFP)

Just in time: Denel will be able to pay June salaries

The SOE had announced on Tuesday that it was not going to be able to pay full salaries for the month but a lender has come to the rescue

Kirshni Totaram, global head of institutional business at Coronation Fund Managers

The future must change for women

Women are paid less than men, so their pensions are smaller

The rand dropped to fresh low this week.

Business elites mint it as workers, shareholders lose out

A recently published book shows the top-paid chief executive in the country earned R190-million in 2012 – almost 2 400 times the average salary.

Rugare Gumbo says Zanu-PF has not made a decision about the revelations

Zim: The politics of ‘salary-gate’

Expectations that government would act on corruption are fast fading as the matter has become part of Zanu-PF’s divisive succession battle.

SA’s disposable income the highest since September 2010

New research shows that South Africa’s take-home pay, and the number of people with more than R10 000 in disposable income, has increased.

Report: Black women the lowest earners in SA

White males in Gauteng are the highest earners in South Africa, with young black women in Limpopo the lowest, says the SA Institute of Race Relations.

Private sector ignores Zuma’s pay freeze request

Jacob Zuma’s call for a pay freeze has fallen on deaf ears in the private sector, with top officials continuing to rake in bonuses and increases.

How to create one million jobs in South Africa

Salaried employees ‘take home less’

BankservAfrica, the continent’s largest automated clearing house, has launched an economic index that shows South Africa’s economy is slowing.

Bobby Godsell.

Keeping tabs on executive pay

The debate on excessive executive pay is as hot as ever — and what a difference 18 months makes to the discourse.

Policy set to curb salaries of VCs

The education department has released a draft policy but have failed to follow guidelines recommended by a study conducted in 2005.

Troops fume over pay

When they received their salaries on January 16, a day late, they were paid only in local currency.

SABC workers receive 11,5% wage increase

The South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) on Thursday reached a multiterm wage agreement with labour unions for the next three fiscal years.

Get a charitable status

You’ve got the salary, the job title, and the shiny business cards to prove your work status. So why does something feel not quite right?