Region category: Southern Africa

With the cost of electricity becoming too steep for many in Southern Africa and the alternative of using firewood not being the best, what then is the solution? Green Energy is the way to go.

In partnership with Hivos, Every Girl In School Alliance conducted a Twitter Chat on ‘Decent Work’ under the Women@Work campaign. This article is a merging of different views, perspectives and experiences of the people who took part in the Twitter Chat.

Farmworkers have been excluded from the government’s allocation of $600 million set aside to cushion vulnerable households worst hit by the national lockdown put in place to stem the spread of the novel coronavirus (Covid-19).

The Zimbabwean government should through a statutory instrument (SI) immediately put in place occupational safety, health and environment (OSHE) legislation to address long-standing health issues affecting farmworkers especially in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic.

The COVID-19 crisis is confronting us with uncertainties, health risks, economic dangers and dramatic social changes. While governments are imposing social isolation, the need for connection has never been greater. Where the virus is keeping us inside our homes, art, music, film, games, and literature take us out into the world, give us hope, and […]

The Alliance for Zambia Informal Economy Associations (AZIEA) Secretary General Lameck Kashiwa says the informal markets are already feeling the devastating impact of COVID-19.