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Higher minimum wage makes it harder to hire locals in South Africa: union
Labour union Solidarity has called for South Africa’s minimum wage to be scrapped, warning that it could have the opposite of its intended effect and lead to jobs losses. Employment and Labour minister Thulas Nxesi published the new minimum wage for South Africa on Monday (7 February), with the new figure set at R23.19 for […]
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Smartphone
My life without a smartphone is getting harder and harder | Jen Wasserstein
I’ve always gotten by fine without owning a smartphone – until now. Covid has made my already obsolete 90s-designed Nokia flip-phone nearly useless. I’m suddenly surrounded by QR codes. There are now Airbnb doors I can’t open, cars I can’t start, menus I can’t read. Paper menus have vanished; ordering food has become an ordeal. […]
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