Mumia Abu-Jamal: Michael Jackson was many things in his 50 years of life.

The 15th Non-Aligned Movement summit was held July 15-16 in Sharm El-Sheikh,Egypt, with the theme of "International Solidarity for Peace andDevelopment." The NAM, founded in 1961, has a membership of 118 nationsthroughout the developing world.

Benton Harbor community leader Rev. Edward Pinkney has won an appeal of hisrevocation of probation sentence which was handed down in June 2008. Pinkney,the leader of the Black Autonomy Network of Community Organizers (BANCO), wasordered to prison for three to

The Stella D'Oro Support Committee is asking allies in the labormovement and other supporters to sign on to a petition asking for an injunctionto stop the sale of the Stella D'Oro company

Charging that city computers were used by on- and off-duty white policeofficers to post blatantly racist and offensive comments to a Web site, theGuardian Civic League, an association of Black Philadelphia police, filed afederal lawsuit against the department on July

The greed of DTE Energy Co. led to the July 16 deaths of four members of anAfrican-American family in Detroit. The Reed-Owens family had their electricitycut off on July 15 by DTE for nonpayment.

Prime Minister Raila Odinga has called on professionals trained locally to commit a fraction of their careers to serving the country after training before they go abroad for greener pastures if they must.

Looking at recent developments in Kenya's labour market, one could easily conclude that things have become as hard as they could ever get. The reality is such that both key players in the market - the employers and employees -have

Angola's economy may be booming on the back of high oil prices and strong diamond exports, but six years after a peace deal ended the 27-year civil war, unemployment stands at around 65 percent.

Transport employers and the Transport and General Workers Union are embroiled in a wage dispute dating back to March and have failed to agree on a minimum wage despite an 80 percent salary increment that was awarded by an arbitrator.

Civil servants across the nation started accessing their salaries through their banks yesterday after a delay caused by Government's decision to upgrade monthly allowances into proper salaries.

MANY companies are still falling prey to ghost employee fraud, which eats into their payrolls and affects the bottom line.

Authorities of the Power Holding Company of Nigeria (PHCN) at the weekend declared that the ongoing face off between it and its workers would not a threat to the realisation of the 6,000 mega watts of electricity in Nigeria.

National President of the Textile, Garment and Tailoring Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (TGTSSAN), Yakubu Jekeri, in this interview with Senior Correspondent Sylvester Enoghase, says the Federal Government should take the revival of the textile industry seriously and also involve

THE response from the government to the rise in protests over poor public service has been generally to condemn the protests and call for people to take issues up with the proper structures in a peaceful way.

THE Pietermaritzburg High Court granted an interdict yesterday forbidding members of the Togetherness Amalgamated Workers Union of SA (Tawusa) from intimidating workers seeking jobs as drivers with Durban's new bus operator, Transnat Africa.

COMPANY failures soared 36,2% in the first half of this year, official data showed yesterday, but the pace of collapse appears to be slowing, analysts say.

STRIKING municipal workers took to the streets of SA's main cities yesterday for a 15% pay rise demanded by the South African Municipal Workers' Union, (Samwu), bringing public transport to a standstill and crippling other services.

The Head of Service of the Federation Mr Steve Oronsaye has berated civil servants on what he described as lackadaisical attitude to work.

MTUTUZELI Tokota is frustrated. He is frustrated with the local taxi industry. "They are pushing. They are militant. You can't be militant on this," he says.