Africa: South Africa Moves to Regulate Foreign Workers As New Labour Bill Heads to Parliament

Africa: South Africa Moves to Regulate Foreign Workers As New Labour Bill Heads to Parliament

Discover moreAfrica Travel GuideCyber Security ServicesZimbabwe News SubscriptionIOL South Africa’s Employment and Labour Minister Nomakhosazana Meth has moved to tighten control over the employment of foreign nationals in the country through proposed amendments to the Employment Services Act. The draft Employment Services Amendment Bill, which has been gazetted for introduction in Parliament, will allow the…

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Africa: South Africa Moves to Regulate Foreign Workers As New Labour Bill Heads to Parliament

Africa: Statement of the Chairperson of the AU Commission On the Election of the Bureau of the Pan-African Parliament

The Chairperson of the African Union Commission, H.E. Mahmoud Ali Youssouf, welcomes the successful conclusion of the elections of the President and Members of the Bureau of the Pan-African Parliament, held in Midrand, Republic of South Africa. He extends warm congratulations to H.E. Fateh Boutbig on his election as President, as well as to the…

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Malatsi asks to appear before Parliament

Malatsi asks to appear before Parliament

Solly Malatsi, communications and digital technologies minister. Minister Solly Malatsi yesterday officially informed the Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Communications and Digital Technologies about his decision to pull the plug on South Africa’s draft National Artificial Intelligence (AI) Policy. As a result, the minister also requested time before Parliament’s oversight committee to explain the events that…

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Africa: South Africa Moves to Regulate Foreign Workers As New Labour Bill Heads to Parliament

Africa: AUC Chairperson Chaired & Oversaw the Opening of the Extraordinary Session, & Swearing in of the Members of the Seventh Legislature of the Pan-African Parliament

Representing the Chairperson of the African Union (AU), H.E. Évariste Ndayishimiye, President of Burundi, the Chairperson of the AU Commission, H.E. Mahmoud Ali Youssouf, chaired & oversaw the opening of the Extraordinary Session, & swearing in of the members of the Seventh Legislature of the Pan-African Parliament in Midrand this morning. The Chairperson underscored that…

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ITWeb TV Biz: Solving for transparency in Parliament with data and tech

ITWeb TV Biz: Solving for transparency in Parliament with data and tech

ITWeb TV Biz speaks to Rachel Fischer, parliamentary engagement and research manager at OUTA, and Shaun Russell, product owner and head of projects at OpenUp, about ParliMeter, a civic tech dashboard built in partnership with the Parliamentary Monitoring Group to make SA’s parliamentary data visible, searchable and actionable. The conversation covers why Parliament’s information has…

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Parliament opens nominations for Icasa council seats

Parliament opens nominations for Icasa council seats

Parliament has called for nominations to fill four vacant positions on the council for communications regulator Icasa, the department of communications & digital technologies said on Thursday. An Icasa spokeswoman told TechCentral that the outgoing councillors are Cathrine Mushi, Thabisa Faye, Ntombiza Sithole and Nompucuko Nontombana. “The strength of our communications regulator depends on the…

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