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Kenya’s opposition leader rallies supporters to boycott new taxes

Kenya’s opposition leader rallies supporters to boycott new taxes

KENYA'S opposition leader Raila Odinga asked his supporters to boycott a raft of new taxes on items including fuel and housing, stoking a potential confrontation with the government of his rival President William Ruto. The levies were contained in a finance bill that was signed into law by Ruto on Monday. "Through civil disobedience, we will deny Ruto the taxes he thinks he can extort from us by force," Odinga told thousands of cheering and dancing supporters at a rally in the capital Nairobi. Under the new revenue measures, the fuel tax will double to 16% and workers will also…
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S.Africa’s Transnet strike ends as smaller union calls off boycott

S.Africa’s Transnet strike ends as smaller union calls off boycott

THE South African Transport and Allied Workers Union (SATAWU) has called off its strike at Transnet, ending a boycott that paralysed the state-owned logistics firm and impacted commodities exports from Africa's most advanced economy. "We have called off the strike and our members are going back to work tomorrow," SATAWU spokesperson Amanda Tshemese told Reuters on Wednesday. SATAWU had called a three-year wage deal agreed on Monday by Transnet and the majority United National Transport Union (UNTU) a "betrayal" and vowed to continue with a strike which started on October 6 following a dispute over pay increases. Container ships are seen outside…
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The furore over Miss South Africa’s decision to compete in Israel: here’s a feminist critique

The furore over Miss South Africa’s decision to compete in Israel: here’s a feminist critique

THE participation of Miss South Africa 2021, Lalela Mswane, in the Miss Universe competition in Israel on 12 December has created a furore. Some South Africans support her participation while others have called for her withdrawal. Author AMANDA GOUWS, Professor of Political Science and Chair of the South African Research Initiative in Gender Politics, Stellenbosch University The Boycott, Disinvest and Sanctions movement in South Africa views Miss South Africa’s participation as tacit support for Israel’s policies toward Palestine, which the movement views as a form of apartheid. The South African government has called on Mswane to boycott the pageant, and…
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Zimbabwe teachers to boycott work over pay, demand COVID-19 allowance

Zimbabwe teachers to boycott work over pay, demand COVID-19 allowance

ZIMBABWE's biggest teachers' union said its members would not return to work for the first time since March next week unless they are paid a COVID-19 allowance and given a pay rise. The government shut schools in March in a bid to prevent the spread of the coronavirus, which has infected 7,683 people and led to 225 deaths. Most schools are due to re-open next week, although only for students sitting their final exams. The Zimbabwe Teachers Association (ZIMTA), in a circular to its 42,000 members, called for monthly pay to be a minimum $520 (42,488 Zimbabwe dollars), compared to…
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NBA ready to resume games after players’ racial injustice boycott

NBA ready to resume games after players’ racial injustice boycott

 FRANK PINGUE and AMY TENNERY  THE National Basketball Association (NBA) said on Thursday it hopes to resume play in a day or two after a boycott by players protesting racial injustice and police brutality, while President Donald Trump denounced the league. NBA Executive Vice President Mike Bass said the league is "hopeful" it will resume games Friday or Saturday after the protest, which was sparked by the police shooting of Jacob Blake, a Black man in Kenosha, Wisconsin, and led to game cancellations in other sports as well. The NBA players, a majority of whom are Black, decided not to…
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