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Zimbabwe's Complicated Wage Systems

Friday, October 24, 2008 

By Rejoice Ngwenya, Harare 

Rejoice NgwenyaCompanies in Zimbabwe have innovated weekly wages based on a cost of living adjustment rate
agreed to with sectoral affiliates of the national employment council. They even compete amongst themselves to bait high school dropouts with fortnightly wages, a daily plate of basic lunch and at times, daily transport allowance – conditions which government teachers can only dream of.

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What Truly is the Size of the Ghanaian Economy?

Thursday, October 23, 2008

 By Alhassan Attah-Quayson

Ghana VoteAs Ghana prepares for its general elections on December 7, 2008, it takes good analytical minds to respond to the many promises and comments made by politicians in their bid to win our votes.

Thabo Mbeki, the Weak Link in the Negotiations Chain

Tuesday, October 21, 2008 

By Rejoice Ngwenya, Harare, Zimbabwe 

Rejoice NgwenyaThabo Mbeki, the disgraced former president of South Africa and the SADC-anointed mediator in the Zimbabwe crisis spent four days last week in Harare, Zimbabwe's capital, wrestling with Robert Mugabe's brittle ego to save the power-sharing deal. He failed.

Interview with Mart Laar, former Prime Minister of Estonia

Monday, October 20, 2008
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Interview with Georgian Prime Minister Lado Gurgenidze

Monday, October 20, 2008