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No Maternity Leave Benefits for Newly Employed Pregnant Workers In Zimbabwe
- On 26/11/2018
- In News
The Zimbabwean Government has said that any of its female workers who got pregnant less than a year after employment will not be entitled to maternity leave with full pay.
This disclosure was made by the Minister of Justice, Ziyambi Ziyambi when he appeared before Senators in the Upper House recently.
Firstly, the Government of Zimbabwe does not have a policy of stopping people from getting pregnant," said Minister Ziyambi.
"You can be employed today and you fall pregnant tomorrow. It is your human right to do that.
"Secondly, the Government then regulates to say that should you fall pregnant what should prevail in terms of maternity leave, which is exactly what the Honourable Member has indicated''.
"That is the law to say that after one year of employment, you are entitled to 98 days and you get that but should you fall pregnant a day after being employed, you do not enjoy the benefits of going on maternity leave on full pay for 98 days, Mr. Ziymabi stated.
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Primary School Pupil Gives Birth During Exams In Kenya
- On 12/11/2018
- In News
A pupil at the Voroni Primary School in Kwale County in Kenya has given birth to a baby boy while writing the national examinations.
This disclosure was made by a staff of the Kwale Hospital, who craved anonymity.
He said that the girl was rushed to the hospital when she experienced labour pains, while stating that the young mother wrote the Mathematics paper from her hospital bed.
"We are happy that the girl delivered without any complications," the staff said.
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Promises and the Killings In Kaduna and Plateau States, Nigeria
- On 05/11/2018
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Several lives have been lost in Sanga Local Government Area, Kaduna South, Kaduna state.
Gen.Idris Alkali was murdered in Shen Du District of Jos South Local Government Area of Plateau state
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The Desire to Hold on to Power is the Basis for Violence and Corruption in Developing Countries-Sir Ayaz
- On 22/10/2018
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The love for power and the desire to remain in power by African leaders has been identified as the reasons why violence and corruption have become the vogue in developning countries.
This assertion was made recently, by the Consul-General of Tuvalu in the United Kingdom (UK), Sir Dr Iftikhar Ahmed Ayaz, while delivering his keynote address at the Ahmadiyya Peace Conference in Accra, Ghana.
"This one word, power, sums up the ordeal of most developing countries. It is the struggle for power, the seizure of power, the concentration of power in the hands of one individual or group, and the subsequent refusal to relinquish or share power that has sucked these countries into a vortex of violence, repression, tyranny and corruption," Sir Ayaz declared.
"Africa's progress will depend on development that truly lifts everyone from poverty to prosperity, however, this progress will depend on the prevalence of social and economic justice for all,"
Sir Ayaz emphasized the need for equality to be the watch word of all and sundry, saying "It is my belief that if the rest of the world continues to act unjustly, usurping the rights of others and interfering in other nations, the will destroy themselves. It is only through the recognition that all men are equal creatures of the same benevolent God and they must constantly seek His pleasure through the discharge of both the rights due him and His creation that can bring about universal brotherhood,"
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Promises and the People of Ogoniland Nigeria
- On 17/10/2018
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The people of Ogoniland in Rivers state, Nigeria are hopeful that repreive shall soon come their way in terms of the clean up of the oil spillage by multinational companies, which have for several years deprived the people of healthy living
