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South African sugar workers to down tools over wages

Over 5,000 workers in the South African sugar industry will embark on a wage strike on Tuesday. ...

Impala bonds shield finances amid strikes

Over 70,000 miners at three biggest producers have stopped work since Jan demand doubling of monthly pay. ...

Perfectly pitched

The Voice of McDonald’s singing competition engenders crew loyalty, writes Carina Roncesvalles. ...

South African wage strikes threaten to spread

Africa’s largest economy is facing a wave of wage-increase demands and strikes by increasingly militant workers in the motor-industry, auto-manufacturing, construction and aviation industries, renewing a challenge to South African President Jacob Zuma after violent mines strikes last year dented growth and led to sovereign credit downgrades ...

Drama boosts skills in English

Ivan Idzik, a teacher at Headstart Group, was stunned by the fast pace of Hong Kong when he first arrived in the city, writes Wong Yat-hei. ...

Glencore fires 1,000 workers over strikes in South Africa

Dispute at the chrome mines near Steelport, northeast of Johannesburg, has yet to affect customers but can worsen relations with trade unions ...

ABC Pathways teacher swaps sales for syntax

Stephen Hughes, an English teacher from South Africa at ABC Pathways, was working in corporate sales in the UK when he realised it was the training element of the job that interested him the most, writes Wong Yat-hei. ...

Boss trumpets career success

Albert Ellis, CEO of Harvey Nash, a top executive search, recruitment and outsourcing group with 40 offices worldwide, was a professional trumpet player for four years before ... ...